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    • Economic contract theory tests models of mutualism 

      Weyl, E; Frederickson, M. E.; Yu, D. W.; Pierce, Naomi E. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010)
      Although mutualisms are common in all ecological communities and have played key roles in the diversification of life, our current understanding of the evolution of cooperation applies mostly to social behavior within a ...
    • Economic game theory for mutualism and cooperation 

      Archetti, Marco; Scheuring, István; Hoffman, Moshe; Frederickson, Megan E.; Pierce, Naomi E.; Yu, Douglas W. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
      We review recent work at the interface of economic game theory and evolutionary biology that provides new insights into the evolution of partner choice, host sanctions, partner fidelity feedback and public goods. (1) The ...