Abstract
Lack of information is a constraint but ignorance can sometimes assist the evolution of cooperation by constraining selfishness. We discuss examples involving both ignorance of role or pay-off and ignorance of relatedness. Ignorance can favour cooperative traits like grouping and warning coloration and reduce conflicts from meiotic drive, imprinting, greenbeards and various forms of nepotism.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 20130365 |
| Journal | Biology Letters |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 23 2013 |
Keywords
- Conflict
- Cooperation
- Meiosis
- Nepotism
- Relatedness
- Veil of ignorance
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