Stemming the Flow: Information, Infection, and Social Evolution

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Romano, Valéria | Macintosh, Andrew J.J. | Sueur, Cédric

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International audience. Social information and socially transmitted pathogens are governed by social structure, and also shape social interactions. However, information and infection are rarely investigated as interactive factors driving social evolution. We propose exactly such an integrative framework, drawing attention to mechanisms of social phenotypic plasticity for information spread and pathogen control.

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