Toward an evolutionary definition of cheating

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 318-331

  Ghoul, Melanie ^a   Griffin, Ashleigh S ^a   West, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cheat; Cooperation; Deception; Exploitation; Intentional language; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEAT; COOPERATION; DECEPTION; EXPLOITATION; GENETIC SELECTION; INTENTIONAL LANGUAGE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

CHEAT; COOPERATION; DECEPTION; EXPLOITATION; INTENTIONAL LANGUAGE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECEPTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84897942448     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12266     Document Type: Article

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