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Author_Steven A. Frank
Behavior
Calculation
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Causality
Classical conditioning
Coefficient of relationship
Competition
Correlation coefficient
Cost-benefit analysis
Demographic analysis
Demography
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Estimation
Estimator
Evolution
Evolutionary algorithm
Evolutionary biology
Evolutionary dynamics
Expected value
Fecundity
Female
Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection
Fitness (biology)
Fitness function
Fitness model (network theory)
Fixation index
Gamete
Genetic variability
Genetic variance
Genotype
Haplodiploidy
Heredity
Inbreeding
Inclusive fitness
Inference
Kin recognition
Kin selection
Life history theory
Marginal utility
Marginal value
Mating
Mendelian inheritance
Natural selection
Offspring
On the Origin of Species
Overdominance
Parental investment
Phenotype
Phenotypic trait
Population genetics
Population size
Prediction
Price equation
Prior probability
Probability
Quantitative genetics
Reproduction
Reproductive success
Reproductive value (population genetics)
Result
Selection coefficient
Sex allocation
Sex ratio
Social behavior
Social evolution
Social organism
Social relation
Social status
Sociality
Stochastic process
Product details
- ISBN 9780691059341
- Weight: 397g
- Dimensions: 197 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jul 1998
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This is a masterly theoretical treatment of one of the central problems in evolutionary biology, the evolution of social cooperation and conflict. Steven Frank tackles the problem with a highly original combination of approaches: game theory, classical models of natural selection, quantitative genetics, and kin selection. He unites these with the best of economic thought: a clear theory of model formation and comparative statics, the development of simple methods for analyzing complex problems, and notions of information and rationality. Using this unique, multidisciplinary approach, Frank makes major advances in understanding the foundations of social evolution. Frank begins by developing the three measures of value used in biology--marginal value, reproductive value, and kin selection. He then combines these measures into a coherent framework, providing the first unified analysis of social evolution in its full ecological and demographic context. Frank also extends the theory of kin selection by showing that relatedness has two distinct meanings.
The first is a measure of information about social partners, with close affinity to theories of correlated equilibrium and Bayesian rationality in economic game theory. The second is a measure of the fidelity by which characters are transmitted to future generations--an extended notion of heritability. Throughout, Frank illustrates his methods with many examples, including a complete reformulation of the theory of sex allocation. The book also provides a unique "how-to" guide for constructing models of social behavior. It is essential reading for evolutionary biologists and for economists, mathematicians, and others interested in natural selection.
Steven A. Frank is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine.
