Godfray H C
Department of Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, UK.
Nature. 1995 Jul 13;376(6536):133-8. doi: 10.1038/376133a0.
Natural selection can act in different ways on genes expressed in parents and their young, giving rise to parent-offspring conflict. The way in which this genetic conflict manifests itself at the behavioural level is unclear, and there has been widespread dissatisfaction that the theory has provided few testable predictions. A recent shift in emphasis from models that define the possible extent of conflict to those that predict its resolution offers greater hope of a testable theory of parent-offspring conflict.
自然选择可以以不同方式作用于亲本及其子代中表达的基因，从而引发亲子冲突。这种基因冲突在行为层面上的表现方式尚不清楚，而且人们普遍不满的是，该理论几乎没有提供可检验的预测。最近研究重点从界定冲突可能程度的模型转向预测冲突解决方式的模型，这为建立一个可检验的亲子冲突理论带来了更大希望。
