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Author Trivers, Robert.

Title Natural selection and social theory [electronic resource] : selected papers of Robert Trivers / Robert Trivers.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description viii, 345 p. : ill.
Series Evolution and cognition
Evolution and cognition.
Note A collection of 10 papers, 5 published in scholarly journals between 1971-1976 and 5 between 1982-2000.
Reciprocal altruism -- Parental investment and reproductive success -- The Trivers-Willard effect -- Parent-offspring conflict -- Haplodiploidy and the social insects -- Size and reproductive success in a lizard -- Selecting good genes for daughters -- Self-deception in service of deceit -- Genomic imprinting -- Fluctuating asymmmetry and 2nd:4th digit ratio in children.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Sociobiology.
Evolution (Biology)
Social evolution in animals.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0195130618
0195130626 (pbk.)

 
    
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