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- association with kin selection
- work of Hamilton
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Background on inclusive fitness theory and its mathematical basis is provided in William Donald Hamilton, Narrow Roads of Gene Land: The Collected Papers of W.D. Hamilton, 3 vol. (1996–2005). “Inclusive Fitness Theory from Darwin to Hamilton,” an open-access article written by Lee Alan Dugatkin and published in Genetics, 176:1375–1380 (July 2007), reviews the role of kinship in the evolution of social behaviour. Martin A. Nowak, Corina E. Tarnita, and Edward O. Wilson, “The Evolution of Eusociality,” Nature, 466:1057–1062 (August 26, 2010), offers an explanation for the phenomenon of eusociality based on the theory of natural selection.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removed statement that mathematical explanations for eusociality based on population genetics and natural selection nearly rendered inclusive fitness obsolete. | Feb 12, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 22, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Oxford - Department of Zoology - Adaptation and Inclusive Fitness. | May 26, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Limitations of Inclusive Fitness. | May 26, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard University Information Technology - Program for Evolutionary Dynamics - Inclusive Fitness. | May 26, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Evolutionary Biology at the Zoological Institute - In Memory of Bill Hamilton. | Dec 06, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Genetics Society of America - Genetics - Inclusive Fitness Theory from Darwin to Hamilton. | Dec 03, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Biology Letters - Hamiltonian inclusive fitness: a fitter fitness concept. | Dec 03, 2015 | ||
| New article added. | Sep 17, 2010 |
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