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Optimality theory in evolutionary biology

George A. Parker, John Maynard Smith

Nature · 1990 · 1K citations · 52 references

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The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I

W D Hamilton · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1964 · 15.9K citations

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Evolution and the Theory of Games

John Maynard Smith · 1988 · 8K citations

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The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme

Stephen Jay Gould, Richard C Lewontin · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1979 · 7.8K citations

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The Logic of Animal Conflict

John Maynard Smith, George Price · Nature · 1973 · 6.2K citations

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Optimal foraging, the marginal value theorem

Eric L. Charnov · Theoretical Population Biology · 1976 · 5.4K citations

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