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Kin Selection and Inclusive Fitness in Plant Evolution: Mechanisms and Empirical Insights

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Kin Selection: Its Components

Science, 1980
Change in gene frequency under kin selection is the sum of two components, namely, Δ̅ q ̅ I , a change in gene frequency caused by individual selection, and Δ q G , a change caused by group selection. For the evolution of altruistic traits by kin selection,
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Group Selection and Kin Selection

Nature, 1964
WYNNE-EDWARDS1,2 has argued persuasively for the importance of behaviour in regulating the density of animal populations, and has suggested that since such behaviour favours the survival of the group and not of the individual it must have evolved by a process of group selection. It is the purpose of this communication to consider how far this is likely
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Kin Selection

2012
According to Hamilton’s kin selection theory (also known as “inclusive fitness” theory), kin selection is the process by which social evolution occurs in nature. The theory extends the genetical theory of natural selection to social behaviors and finds that their evolution is affected by the likelihood that individuals share genes (relatedness).
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Kin Selection

2016
Kin selection theory is a formulation of natural selection theory that is particularly suitable for understanding cases of reproductive self-sacrifice. For example, sterile workers in insect societies help the queen to reproduce by rearing her offspring. This phenomenon can be favored by natural selection when the workers are genetically related to the
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Multilevel Selection in Kin Selection Language

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2016
Few issues have raised more debate among evolutionary biologists than kin selection (KS) versus multilevel selection (MLS). They are formally equivalent, but use different-looking mathematical approaches, and are not causally equivalent: for a given problem KS can be a more suitable causal explanation than MLS, and vice versa.
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