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

• Superior document: Evolution and cognition
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Trivers, Robert.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Evolution and cognition.
• Physical Description: viii, 345 p. :; ill.
• 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.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0195130618; 0195130626 (pbk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert Trivers.