Evolutionary cooperation: male cleaner fish aggression may promote female cooperation

Maxwell N Burton-Chellew

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.018

Evolutionary cooperation: male cleaner fish aggression may promote female cooperation

Curr Biol. 2009 Jan 13;19(1):R32-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.018.

Author

Maxwell N Burton-Chellew¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PN, UK. max.burton@anthro.ox.ac.uk

PMID: 19138590
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.018

Abstract

A new study has shown that mixed-sex pairs of cleaner fish provide a better - more cooperative - service than singletons despite pairs facing an apparent Prisoner's dilemma.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aggression / physiology*
Animals
Biological Evolution*
Cooperative Behavior*
Female
Game Theory
Grooming / physiology*
Male
Perciformes / physiology*