The relation between multilocus population genetics and social evolution theory

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-226

  Gardner, Andy ^a,b,c   West, Stuart A ^b   Barton, Nicholas H ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group selection; Hamilton's rule; Kin selection; Linkage disequilibrium; Price equation; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EPISTASIS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GROUP SELECTION; KIN SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RECOMBINATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 33846631335     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510602     Document Type: Article

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