Rank crime and punishment

Joan E. Strassmann ()
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Joan E. Strassmann: Rice University

Nature, 2004, vol. 432, issue 7014, 160-161

Abstract: In paper wasps, facial markings are cheap ‘status badges’ that would seem to be susceptible to cheating. But wasps punish those whose markings lie. Social competition is, it appears, a strong selective force.

Date: 2004
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