group selection
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Group selection.
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Kin selection and group selection.
Animal dispersion in relation to social behaviour, Evolution of cooperation by multilevel selection, Future fitness and helping in social queues, group selection, Group Selection and Kin Selection (1145-1147), Group Selection and Kin Selection (1147), Group selection and kin selection: Two concepts but one process, kin selection, Kin selection group selection and altruism: a controversy without end?, Kin selection: fact and fiction, Sham nepotism as a result of intrinsic differences in brood variability in ants, Worker nepotism among polygynous antsBlood is thicker than water, but it is not thicker than sperm. The most common beneficiary of a will is the surviving spouse or partner. Kin selection does not explain the large variation between individuals in helping effort, which variation may reflect perceived costs at a given time and in a given place. Competition between…
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Figures of speech, periphrases, parapraxes, and solecisms.
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