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Area of Science:

  • Evolutionary biology
  • Behavioral ecology
  • Social evolution

Background:

  • Social behaviors are often triggered by social partners, influencing differentiation and cooperation.
  • Social triggering can be informative or manipulative, controlling an individual's behavior.
  • Manipulation, seen in eusocial caste determination, can lead to conflicts with resistance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the coevolution of manipulation and resistance in social behaviors.
  • To determine conditions under which manipulated behavior can be established.
  • To explain the prevalence of socially triggered and coercive behaviors in primitive eusociality.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a general theoretical model to study the coevolution of manipulation and resistance.
  • Analyzed the conditions for the establishment of manipulated versus spontaneous behaviors.
  • Utilized a hypothetical example of maternal manipulation in primitive eusociality.

Main Results:

  • Manipulated behavior can be established under less stringent conditions than spontaneous behavior due to resistance costs.
  • Resistance to manipulation incurs costs, favoring the establishment of manipulation.
  • Identified a simple condition to infer whether a socially triggered behavior is manipulated.

Conclusions:

  • The cost of resistance can provide an advantage for manipulated behaviors, explaining coercive social triggering.
  • The findings offer insights into the evolution of social control and cooperation.
  • The study provides a framework for identifying manipulative social interactions in nature.