Pathology, Evolution, and Altruism

Pathological Altruism

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wilson, David Sloan ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Exploitation; Group; Natural selection; Pathological altruism; Selfish; Social strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921647200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738571.003.0286     Document Type: Chapter

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