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Stemming the Flow: Information, Infection, and Social Evolution.

Valéria Romano¹, Andrew J J MacIntosh², Cédric Sueur³

¹Université de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) UMR 7178, Strasbourg, France; Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan.

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Social structure influences information spread and pathogen transmission. This study integrates these factors to explore their combined impact on social evolution and phenotypic plasticity.

Keywords:

evolutionary trade-off network plasticity social behavior social decision-making

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Area of Science:

Evolutionary biology
Behavioral ecology
Social dynamics

Background:

Social structure influences both the spread of information and the transmission of pathogens.
The interplay between social information and infection dynamics in shaping social evolution remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose an integrative framework for understanding how social information and pathogens interact to drive social evolution.
To highlight the role of social phenotypic plasticity in mediating information flow and pathogen control.

Main Methods:

Theoretical modeling of social interactions.
Comparative analysis of social systems.
Review of existing literature on social learning and disease ecology.

Main Results:

Social structure acts as a key modulator for both information and infection transmission pathways.
Integrating information and infection dynamics reveals novel evolutionary trajectories.
Social phenotypic plasticity offers a mechanism for adapting to combined social information and pathogen pressures.

Conclusions:

An integrated approach is crucial for a comprehensive understanding of social evolution.
Social phenotypic plasticity is a vital adaptive mechanism in complex social environments.
Future research should focus on empirical validation of the proposed interactive framework.