ISBN:
0195130626
,
0195130618
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 345 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Evolution and cognition
Parallel Title:
Print version Natural Selection and Social Theory : Selected Papers of Robert Trivers
DDC:
304.5
Keywords:
Evolution (Biology)
;
Social evolution in animals
;
Sociobiology
;
Evolution (Biology)
;
Social evolution in animals
;
Sociobiology
;
Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Robert Trivers is a pioneering figure in the field of sociobiology. For Natural Selection and Social Theory, he has selected eleven of his most influential papers, including several classic papers from the early 1970s on the evolution of reciprocal altruism, parent-offspring conflicts, and asymmetry in sexual selection, which helped to establish the centrality of sociobiology, as well as some of his later work on deceit in signalling, sex antagonistic genes, and imprinting. Trivers introduces each paper, setting them in their contemporary context, and critically evaluating them in the light of
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; 1. Reciprocal altruism; 2. Parental investment and reproductive success; 3. The Trivers-Willard effect; 4. Parent-offspring conflict; 5. Haplodiploidy and the social insects; 6. Size and reproductive success in a lizard; 7. Selecting good genes for daughters; 8. Self-deception in service of deceit; 9. Genomic imprinting; 10. Fluctuating asymmetry and the 2nd : 4th digit ratio in children; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Reciprocal altruism -- Parental investment and reproductive success -- The Trivers-Willard effect -- Parent-offspring conflict -- Haplodiploidy and the social insects -- Size and reproductive success in a lizard -- Selecting good genes for daughters -- Self-deception in service of deceit -- Genomic imprinting -- Fluctuating asymmmetry and 2nd:4th digit ratio in children
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A collection of 10 papers, 5 published in scholarly journals between 1971-1976 and 5 between 1982-2000
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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