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noun
A model for the evolution and maintenance of informative communication between relatives, developed to explain begging behaviour in chicks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, computing, engineering, game-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
Named after a story about Sir Philip Sidney, who allegedly, when fatally wounded, gave his water to another, saying, "Thy necessity is greater than mine."
