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Kin selection under blending inheritance.
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Why did Darwin fail to develop his insights on kin selection into a proper theory of social adaptation? One suggestion has been that his inadequate understanding of heredity kept the problem out of focus. Here, I determine whether it is possible to develop a quantitative theory of kin selection upon the assumption of blending inheritance. I find that, whilst Hamilton's rule of kin selection can be readily derived under the assumption of blending inheritance, this mechanism complicates the com...
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- Journal:
- Journal of theoretical biology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 284
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 125-129
- Publication date:
- 2011-09-01
- DOI:
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1095-8541
- ISSN:
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0022-5193
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English
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pubs:209901
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uuid:bed66b92-ba68-418d-a976-0d18b09c18cf
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pubs:209901
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209901
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2012-12-19
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- 2011
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