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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Downing PA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6125912 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20180822 1885
The evolution of helping behaviour in species that breed cooperatively in family groups is typically attributed to kin selection alone. However, in many species, helpers go on to inherit breeding positions in their natal groups, but the extent to which this contributes to selection for helping is unclear as the future reproductive success of helpers is often unknown. To quantify the role of future reproduction in the evolution of helping, we compared the helping effort of female and male retaine ...[more]