Suppression of social conflict and evolutionary transitions to cooperation

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 293-301

  Cant, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Eusociality; Genomic imprinting; Intragenomic conflict

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; GENOMICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84855362839     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663679     Document Type: Article

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