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SUBMITTER: Lukasiewicz A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5351977 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Łukasiewicz Aleksandra A Szubert-Kruszyńska Agnieszka A Radwan Jacek J
Science advances 20170315 3
Hamilton's theory of kin selection explains the evolution of costly traits that benefit other individuals by highlighting the fact that passing genes to offspring is not the only way of increasing the representation of those genes in subsequent generations: Genes are also shared with other classes of relatives. Consequently, any heritable trait that affects fitness of relatives should respond to kin selection. We tested this core prediction of kin selection theory by letting bulb mites (<i>Rhizo ...[more]