Detecting kin selection at work using inclusive fitness

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1610, 2007, Pages 713-719

  Grafen, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Inclusive fitness; Public goods game; Relatedness; Structured populations; Varying group size

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COMMON ANCESTRY; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; GROUP SIZE; KIN SELECTION; MIGRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION;

ACCURACY; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KIN SELECTION; MODEL; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY; WORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALTRUISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 33947491817     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0140     Document Type: Article

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