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Identity Signaling and Patterns of Cooperative Behavior.
Integrative and comparative biology - 1 Sept 2017
Sheehan Michael J, Miller Caitlin, Reeve H Kern
Abstract excerpt
Recognition systems play a central role in mediating cooperative behavior among individuals in a population. Despite the importance of discriminating among potential recipients of cooperation, the evolutionary forces that maintain diversity in traits used for kin recognition are poorly understood. Greenbeard-based models of kin recognition in which alleles for cooperative behavior also control recognition of...
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