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Assorted References
- good genes hypothesis
- Hamilton’s rule
- inclusive fitness
- kin selection
- theories on animal behaviour
Additional Reading
Biographical treatments of W.D. Hamilton include Ullica Segerstrale, Nature’s Oracle: A Life of W.D. Hamilton (2007); and Alan Grafen, “William Donald Hamilton,” Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 50:109–132 (2004). Hamilton’s original papers, together with autobiographical and biographical commentary, can be found in Narrow Roads of Gene Land—The Collected Papers of W.D. Hamilton, 3 vol. (1996–2005), ed. by Sarah Bunney (vol. 2) and Mark Ridley (vol. 3). Discussions of Hamilton’s work on the genetics of behaviour also occur in Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, 5th ed. (1993); and Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (1976).
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Ullica C. Segerstrale
Professor of Sociology, Director of the Camras Scholars Program, Department of Social Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| First paragraph modernization. | May 03, 2024 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 03, 2024 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 28, 2023 | ||
| Invalidated site: Muskingum College - Department of Psychology - Biography of William D. Hamilton. | Nov 16, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Evolutionary Biology at the Zoological Institute - In Memory of Bill Hamilton. | Dec 06, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - WD Hamilton. | Nov 10, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Muskingum College - Department of Psychology - Biography of William D. Hamilton. | May 08, 2015 | ||
| New article added. | Jul 22, 2011 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Jul 22, 2011 |
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