... , worker ants that stray from acceptable celibate social norms rarely, if ever, are successful. Cheaters are actively weeded out by other workers, and brought back into line, through a process called ...
... humans, which indeed showed that the individuals most likely to cheat were also most likely to punish other cheaters. Similar examples appear to exist in non-human species, including worker bees that ...
... . Hence, only prime quality individuals can cope with such costs of exposed singing, while cheaters will be eliminated by predators. Apparently, the choice of song post can influence mating success, ...
... express these genes are allowed to reap the benefits of group efforts, preventing cheaters from taking over the population. The finding suggests that these once-hypothetical green beard genes may not ...
... all," Verstrepen said. It singlehandedly promotes cooperation and protects against cheaters.
Cooperation has been a challenge for evolution by natural selection because individuals are predicted to ...
Video game cheaters and pirates got some comeuppance last week, as Microsoft and Blizzard together banned or suspended hundreds of thousands of gamers for various infractions.
... journal Cell. The cooperating cells use the same gene, dubbed FLO1, as a marker for detecting "cheaters:" cells that try to profit from the group's protection without investing in the group's welfare.
... that specific genes also help closely related individuals cooperate in ways that keep these cheaters in check.
"We're showing that strains may not be mixing as much as scientists previously thought ...
A 60 Minutes and Washington Post joint investigation reveals how poker players helped break the biggest cheating scandal in Internet gambling. Steve Kroft reports on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
A 60 Minutes and Washington Post joint investigation reveals how poker players helped break the biggest cheating scandal in Internet gambling. Steve Kroft reports on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
... , Liebig and colleagues had a strong suspicion that they would also help catch reproductive cheaters.
To test the idea in one ant species (Aphaenogaster cockerelli), Liebig and Adrian Smith, also at ...
More than 1,000 applicants were caught cheating on China's civil servant exams, with some using spy technology such as micro-earpieces and wireless transmitters, state media reported Monday.
As Valentine’s approaches, both mating and chocolate get on the brain. If you have not already chosen your new love, researchers suggest you stay away from those with big chins as they have a ...
... ' willingness to sacrifice themselves. How species like D. discoideum manage to keep cheaters from out-producing and eliminating cooperative strains is one focus of their work.
"The existence of ...
... that don't secrete invertase and instead consume the simple sugars produced by others are called cheaters.
If all of these simple sugars diffused away, with no preferential access to the yeast that ...
