Natural selection and social theory [electronic resource] : selected papers of Robert Trivers / Robert Trivers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Evolution and cognitionPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: viii, 345 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 304.5 21
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  • GN365.9 .T76 2002eb
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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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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