کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
143291 163195 2008 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Altruism in insect societies and beyond: voluntary or enforced?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
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Altruism in insect societies and beyond: voluntary or enforced?
چکیده انگلیسی

The altruism of insect workers has puzzled researchers for decades. Inclusive fitness theory suggests that high relatedness has been key in promoting such altruism. Recent theory, however, indicates that the intermediate levels of relatedness found within insect societies are too low to directly cause the extreme altruism observed in many species. Instead, recent results show that workers are frequently coerced into acting altruistically. Hence, the altruism seen in many modern-day insect societies is not voluntary but enforced. Here, we also consider the role of coercion in promoting altruism and cooperation in other social systems, such as vertebrate and human societies, and interspecific mutualisms.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: - Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 45–52
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