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This project investigates the role of spite in social evolution using the parasitic wasp Copidosoma floridanum. It aims to conduct experiments to understand adaptive functions of spite, contributing to broader theories of social behavior and enhancing the researcher's career development.
Spite is one of four fundamental categories of social evolution (alongside selfishness, altruism and mutualism).
It is costly to both actor and recipient, and puzzles evolutionary biologists.
Historically, conditions favouring spite were thought to be narrow, which resulted in relativelylittle research interest.
This assumption has been recently challenged by theoretical work that shows that spite is likely to be widespread in nature.
The unusual biology of the parasitic wasp Copidosoma floridan…
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