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Temporal regulation of kin recognition maintains recognition-cue diversity and suppresses cheating.
Nature communications - 28 May 2015
Ho Hsing-I, Shaulsky Gad
Abstract excerpt
Kin recognition, the ability to distinguish kin from non-kin, can facilitate cooperation between relatives. Evolutionary theory predicts that polymorphism in recognition cues, which is essential for effective recognition, would be unstable. Individuals carrying rare recognition cues would benefit less from social interactions than individuals with common cues, leading to loss of the genetic-cue diversity. We test...
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