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We were all young once: an intragenomic perspective on parent-offspring conflict.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Mar 2013
Bossan Benjamin, Hammerstein Peter, Koehncke Arnulf
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Parent-offspring conflict (POC) describes the evolutionary conflict between offspring and their parents over parental resource allocation. Offspring are expected to demand more resources than their parents are willing to supply because these offspring are more related to their own than to their siblings' offspring. Kin selection acts to limit these divergent interests. Our model departs from previous models by...
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