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Spite: Evolution Finally Gets Nasty
Altruism's "neglected ugly sister" comes to the party
Email: Stuart Blackman - sblackman@the-scientist.com The Scientist 2004, 18(24):14
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The body of a caterpillar is the site of both a great feast and a gruesome familial struggle. But unlike even the most dys-functional holiday dinners, this fight for food erupts into bloodbath, with sisters killing sisters and brothers alike. The slaughter, as damaging to killer as to killed, exemplifies an ugly facet of evolution – the role of spite.
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