Histocompatibility as adaptive response to discriminatory within-organism conflict: A historical model

American Naturalist

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 228-242

  Gilbert, Owen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimera; Conflict; Cooperation; Game theory; Kin recognition

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CHIMERA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; GRADUALISM; INVERTEBRATE; KIN SELECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GAME; GENETICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84921776253     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679442     Document Type: Article

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