Evolution of Cooperation: Combining Kin Selection and Reciprocal Altruism into Matrix Games with Social Dilemmas

Som B. Ale; Joel S. Brown; Amy T. Sullivan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063761

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Evolution of Cooperation: Combining Kin Selection and Reciprocal Altruism into Matrix Games with Social Dilemmas

Som B. Ale ,

* E-mail: sale1@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Joel S. Brown,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Amy T. Sullivan

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Evolution of Cooperation: Combining Kin Selection and Reciprocal Altruism into Matrix Games with Social Dilemmas

Som B. Ale,
Joel S. Brown,
Amy T. Sullivan

Published: May 22, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063761

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Previous work on combining study of inclusive fitness and reciprocal cooperation

Posted by j_a_r_marshall on 13 Jul 2014 at 02:43 GMT

An earlier paper combining the study of inclusive fitness and reciprocal cooperation is Marshall and Rowe (2003) Journal of Theoretical Biology 222, 331-335. Interestingly Marshall and Rowe implicitly studied a negatively non-additive donation game (unlike the authors), see Marshall (2009), and consequently concluded that increased relatedness can select -against- retaliation against previous exploitation by a partner.

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Previous work on combining study of inclusive fitness and reciprocal cooperation

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