Kin selection and social insects: Social insects provide the most surprising predictions and satisfying tests of kin selection

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-175

  Queller, David C ^a   Strassmann, Joan E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031910055     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313262     Document Type: Article

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