Natural selection and social theory [electronic resource] : selected papers of Robert Trivers / Robert Trivers.
Series: Evolution and cognitionPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: viii, 345 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 304.5 21
- GN365.9 .T76 2002eb
A collection of 10 papers, 5 published in scholarly journals between 1971-1976 and 5 between 1982-2000.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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