Kin discrimination, negative relatedness, and how to distinguish between selfishness and spite
Abstract Spiteful behaviors occur when an actor harms its own fitness to inflict harm on the fitness of others. Several papers have predicted that spite can be favored in sufficiently small populations, even when the harming behavior is directed indiscriminately at others. However, it is not clear t...
Main Authors: | Matishalin Patel, Stuart A. West, Jay M. Biernaskie |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-02-01
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Series: | Evolution Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.150 |
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