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Plastic behaviors in hosts promote the emergence of retaliatory parasites

Mafia like behavior, where individuals cooperate under the threat of punishment, occurs not only in humans, but is also observed in several animal species. Observations suggest that avian hosts tend to accept a certain degree of parasitism in order to avoid retaliating punishment from the brood para...

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Autores principales: Chakra, Maria Abou, Hilbe, Christian, Traulsen, Arne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24589512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep04251