Lower group productivity under kin-selected reproductive altruism

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2023-2031

  Teyssèdre, Anne ^a   Couvet, Denis ^a   Nunney, Leonard ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Eusociality; Group productivity; Group selection; Hamilton's rule; Kin selection; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BEE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; KIN SELECTION; MUTATION; PLEIOTROPY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33751336110     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/06-115R.1     Document Type: Article

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