Meaning

1 senses
  1. A principle of asymmetry in selective pressure between predators and prey.

Origin

Coined by British biologists Richard Dawkins and John Krebs in 1979, in reference to one o

Coined by British biologists Richard Dawkins and John Krebs in 1979, in reference to one of Aesop's fables (see the quotation below).

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Forms

plural: life-dinner principles

See also

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