Social evolution: cooperation by conflict.
A recent study suggests that aggression between wasps depends upon the costs and benefits of fighting, as determined by the position of individuals in a dominance hierarchy.
Innocent
Tabitha M
TM
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. T.Innocent@sms.ed.ac.uk
West
Stuart A
SA
D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D012930:Social Dominance; D014863:Wasps