Population viscosity can promote the evolution of altruistic sterile helpers and eusociality

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1645, 2008, Pages 1887-1895

  Lehmann, Laurent ^a   Ravigné, Virginie ^b   Keller, Laurent ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altruism; Dispersal; Hamilton's rule; Inclusive fitness; Population viscosity; Sterile workers

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; STERILITY;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; COOPERATION; FITNESS; INSECT SOCIETY; KIN SELECTION; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 46249132342     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0276     Document Type: Article

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