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Natural selection and social theory: selected papers of Robert Trivers

In: Evolution and cognition

Trivers, Robert

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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

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Natural selection and social theory: selected papers of Robert L. Trivers

In: Evolution and cognition

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Trivers, Robert

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