Gene-Culture Coevolutionary Games

Bibliographic Data

ID2988272
AuthorsMarion Blute (0000-0002-7373-6436, University of Toronto, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume85
Issue1
Pages151-166
Publication date2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Forces (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1353/sof.2006.0115
OpenAlexW2014031399
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

Gene-culture interactions have largely been modelled employing population genetic-type models. Moreover, in the most notable application to date, the “interactive” modes have been one way rather than bidirectional. This paper suggests using game theoretic, fully interactive models. Employing the logic utilized in population ecology for coevolution between two species, the basic kinds of coevolutionary interactions possible between biological and sociocultural strategies are mutualism, in which both are favored to match; competition, in which they are favored to unmatch; and antagonism, in which one is favored to match and the other to unmatch, in two possible ways. Hypothetical examples based on life history characteristics, ones emphasizing the importance of the mode of cultural transmission, and possible complications are discussed

Biology · Coevolution · Competition (biology) · Cultural transmission in animals · Evolutionary biology · Mutualism (biology) · Population · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Computer Science · Ecology · Evolution and Genetic Dynamics · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Language and cultural evolution

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