Pedigree relatedness, not greenbeard genes, explains eusociality

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-220

  Helanterä, Heikki ^a   Bargum, Katja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALTRUISM; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; RELATEDNESS;

EID: 33846413890     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15411.x     Document Type: Review

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