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SUBMITTER: Grafen A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2197210 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20070301 1610
A recent model shows that altruism can evolve with limited migration and variable group sizes, and the authors claim that kin selection cannot provide a sufficient explanation of their results. It is demonstrated, using a recent reformulation of Hamilton's original arguments, that the model falls squarely within the scope of inclusive fitness theory, which furthermore shows how to calculate inclusive fitness and the relevant relatedness. A distinction is drawn between inclusive fitness, which is ...[more]