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

Author: Robert Trivers
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Series: Evolution and cognition
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Trivers
ISBN: 0195130618 9780195130614 0195130626 9780195130621
OCLC Number: 47625303
Notes: 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.
Description: viii, 345 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 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.
Series Title: Evolution and cognition
Responsibility: Robert Trivers.
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