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Social Evolution: When Promiscuity Breeds Cooperation [PDF]
Current Biology, 2012 In social evolution theory, it has become common wisdom that close family ties should promote cooperative behaviour. Yet, in social insects, evidence is accumulating that queen promiscuity and low relatedness sometimes work better.
van Zweden, Jelle +2 more
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Does similarity breed cooperation? [PDF]
Nature, 2002 Roberts and Sherratt argue that if agents with identical tags are allowed a choice of behaviour, then tag similarity can no longer be a reliable guide to behaviour and so similarity does not breed cooperation. Although they are correct in noting that in our model1 an agent will always donate when it meets another with an identical tag, we do not ...
Gilbert Roberts, Thomas N. Sherratt
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Multiple benefits of alloparental care in a fluctuating environment [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Although cooperatively breeding vertebrates occur disproportionately in unpredictable environments, the underlying mechanism shaping this biogeographic pattern remains unclear.
Sarah Guindre-Parker +1 more
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Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022 Comparative researchers have heavily focused their studies of social cognition on species that live in large social groups, while neglecting other potential predictors of social cognition. African crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata) are relatively rare
Jordyn Truax +3 more
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Isotocin neuronal phenotypes differ among social systems in cichlid fishes [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Social living has evolved numerous times across a diverse array of animal taxa. An open question is how the transition to a social lifestyle has shaped, and been shaped by, the underlying neurohormonal machinery of social behaviour.
Adam R. Reddon +10 more
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Profitability of a dairy sheep genetic improvement program using artificial insemination [PDF]
, 2010 This simulation study investigated the farm-level economic benefits of a genetic improvement scheme using artificial insemination (AI) with fresh ram semen in dairy sheep of the Chios breed in Greece. Data were collected from 67 farms associated with the
Arsenos, G. +5 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Pigs, as one of the most common livestock species worldwide, are expected to have a fast growth rate and lower subcutaneous fatness but higher intramuscular fat (“marbling meat”).
Shi Tang +11 more
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Modeling effects of nonbreeders on population growth estimates [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgements We thank the Beissinger lab and reviewers for helpful comments on manuscript drafts. This research was funded by a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme (project NON- BREEDERS)
Beissinger, Steven R +2 more
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Habitat Quality Determines Dispersal Decisions and Fitness in a Beetle – Fungus Mutualism
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Delayed dispersal of sexually mature offspring is a fundamental component of cooperative breeding. In ambrosia beetles, female offspring temporarily remain in their natal nest and refrain from reproduction, instead investing in alloparental care ...
Jon Andreja Nuotclà +2 more
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Cortisol levels are positively associated with pup-feeding rates in male meerkats [PDF]
, 1980 In societies of cooperative vertebrates, individual differences in contributions to offspring care are commonly substantial. Recent attempts to explain the causes of this variation have focused on correlations between contributions to care and the ...
Carlson, A.A. +6 more
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