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Heritable victimization and the benefits of agonistic relationships.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 14 Dec 2010
Lea Amanda J, Blumstein Daniel T, Wey Tina W, Martin Julien G A
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Here, we present estimates of heritability and selection on network traits in a single population, allowing us to address the evolutionary potential of social behavior and the poorly understood link between sociality and fitness. To evolve, sociality must have some heritable basis, yet the heritability of social relationships is largely unknown. Recent advances in both social network analyses and quantitative...
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