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Sociogenetic Organization of the Red Honey Ant (Melophorus bagoti)
Insects, 2020 Kin selection and inclusive fitness are thought to be key factors explaining the reproductive altruism displayed by workers in eusocial insect species. However, when a colony’s queen has mated with
Nathan Lecocq de Pletincx, Serge Aron
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Can Hamilton’s rule be violated?
eLife, 2018 How generally Hamilton’s rule holds is a much debated question. The answer to that question depends on how costs and benefits are defined. When using the regression method to define costs and benefits, there is no scope for violations of Hamilton’s rule.
Matthijs van Veelen
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Matrilateral Bias in Human Grandmothering
Frontiers in Sociology, 2017 Children receive more care and resources from their maternal grandmothers than from their paternal grandmothers. This asymmetry is the “matrilateral bias” in grandmaternal investment. Here, we synopsize the evolutionary theories that predict such a bias,
Martin Daly, Gretchen Perry
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The evolution of ageing in cooperative breeders
Evolution Letters, 2022 Cooperatively breeding animals live longer than their solitary counterparts. This has been suggested for birds, mole rats, and social insects. A common explanation for these long lifespans is that cooperative breeding evolves more readily in long‐lived ...
Jan J. Kreider +3 more
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What's wrong with inclusive fitness? [PDF]
, 2006 In lieu of an abstract, here is the first paragraph: In a recent issue of TREE, Foster et al. [1] defend inclusive fitness theory [2] from recent challenges [3,4]. The main author of these challenges, E.O.
Martin Zwick +7 more
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Evolutionary Human SciencesThe frequency of left-handedness in humans is ~10% worldwide and slightly higher in males than females. Twin and family studies estimate the heritability of human handedness at around 25%.
Bing Dong +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 During intrasexual competition, individuals of the same sex compete for access to breeding sites and mating partners, often accompanied by aggressive behavior.
Simon Vitt, Jenny Hiller, Timo Thünken
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Kin discrimination, negative relatedness, and how to distinguish between selfishness and spite
Evolution Letters, 2020 Spiteful behaviors occur when an actor harms its own fitness to inflict harm on the fitness of others. Several papers have predicted that spite can be favored in sufficiently small populations, even when the harming behavior is directed indiscriminately ...
Matishalin Patel +2 more
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Gender Inclusion and Fit in STEM
Annual Review of Psychology, 2023 Despite progress made toward increasing women's interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), women continue to be underrepresented and experience less equity and inclusion in some STEM fields. In this article, I review the psychological literature relevant to understanding and mitigating women's lower fit and ...
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann +8 more
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