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20561050

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
Communication is a process in which senders provide information via signals and receivers respond accordingly. This process relies on two coevolving conventions: a "sender code" that determines what kind of signal is to be sent given the sender's state; and a "receiver code" that determines the appropriate responses to different signal types. By means of a simple but generic model, we show that polymorphic sender and receiver strategies emerge naturally during the evolution of communication, and that the number of alternative strategies observed at equilibrium depends on the potential for error in signal production. Our model suggests that alternative communication strategies will evolve whenever senders possess imperfect information about their own quality or state, signals are costly, and genetic mechanisms allow for a correlation between sender and receiver behavior. These findings provide an explanation for recent reports of individual differences in communication strategies, and suggest that the amount of individual variation that can be expected in communication systems depends on the type of information being conveyed. Our model also suggests a link between communication and the evolution of animal personalities, which is that individual differences in the production and interpretation of signals can result in consistent differences in behavior.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1558-5646
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2010 The Author(s). Evolution© 2010 The Society for the Study of Evolution.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3123-33
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
The evolution of individual variation in communication strategies.
pubmed:affiliation
National Evolutionary Synthesis Centre, 2024 W Main Street, Suite A200, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA. c.a.botero@nescent.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't