Parent—offspring conflict: the full–sib—half–sib fallacy

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R. L. Trivers used Hamilton's rule regarding the evolution of altruistic behaviour to demonstrate the occurrence of parent–offspring conflict and concluded that this would be more severe when future offspring were half siblings rather than full siblings of the offspring currently receiving investment. Here we show that Trivers' formulation applies in a limited range of circumstances and offer an alternative formul...

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• Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
• Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
• Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

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Literature Corpus work

62ab876c-fc80-50e9-8efb-18c26734d77f

DOI

10.1098/rspb.1999.0826