Natural Selection and Social Theory: Selected Papers of Robert Trivers

Preface 1. Reciprocal altruism 2. Parental investment and reproductive success 3. The Trivers-Willard effect 4. Parent-offspring conflict 5. Haplodiploidy and the social insects 6. Size and reproductive success in a lizard 7. Selecting good genes for daughters 8. Self-deception in service of deceit 9. Genomic imprinting 10. Fluctuating asymmetry and 2nd:4th digit ratio in children

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