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Cooperation-mediated plasticity in dispersal and colonization.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Oct 2016
Jacob Staffan, Wehi Priscilla, Clobert Jean, Legrand Delphine, Schtickzelle Nicolas, Huet Michele, Chaine Alexis
Abstract excerpt
Kin selection theory predicts that costly cooperative behaviors evolve most readily when directed toward kin. Dispersal plays a controversial role in the evolution of cooperation: dispersal decreases local population relatedness and thus opposes the evolution of cooperation, but limited dispersal increases kin competition and can negate the benefits of cooperation. Theoretical work has suggested that plasticity...
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