Natural selection and social theory : selected papers of Robert L. Trivers /

Natural selection and social theory : selected papers of Robert L. Trivers /

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Author / Creator:	Trivers, Robert.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 345 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Evolution and cognition Evolution and cognition.
Subject:	Sociobiology. Evolution (Biology) Social evolution in animals. Evolution (Biology) Social evolution in animals. Sociobiology.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11139610

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ISBN:	1423735277 9781423735274 9780195351422 0195351428 0195130618 9780195130614 0195130626 9780195130621
Notes:	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. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Annotation Robert Trivers is one of the leading figures pioneering the field of sociobiology. For Natural Selection and Social Theory, he has selected eleven of his most influential papers, including several classic papers from the early 1970s on the evolution of reciprocal altruism, parent-offspringconflicts and asymmetry in sexual selection, which helped to establish the centrality of sociobiology, as well as some of his later on deceit in signalling, sex antagonistic genes, and imprinting. Trivers introduces each paper, setting them in their contemporary context, and critical evaluating themin the light of subsequent work and further developments. The result is a unique portrait of the intellectual development of sociobiology, with valuable insights of interest to evolutionary biology, anthropology, and psychology.
Other form:	Print version: Trivers, Robert. Natural selection and social theory. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 0195130618 0195130626

Table of Contents:

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.