Explore: Kin Selection (evolution)

cost to the organism's own survival and reproduction. Kin selection can lead to the evolution of altruistic behaviour. It is related to inclusive fitness

Haldane proposed the concept of kin selection, a form of biological altruism from the gene-centered view of evolution, arguing that animals should sacrifice

Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change

explanations for the evolution of altruism become complex and rely on the use of game theory, for instance; see kin selection and group selection. There also is

gene-centered view of evolution, gene's eye view, gene selection theory, or selfish gene theory holds that adaptive evolution occurs through the differential

explanations for homosexuality rely upon other mechanisms of evolution such as kin selection and inclusive fitness, or antagonistic pleiotropy that favors

process of evolution has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation. The scientific theory of evolution by natural selection was conceived

mutational steps. Kin selection is a well known case whereby inclusive fitness effects can influence the evolution of social behaviours. Kin selection relies on

the deficiencies of kin selection and outlines group selection, which Wilson argues is a more realistic model of social evolution. He criticises earlier

crucial mechanisms, such as kin selection, punishment, multilevel selection, and spatial structure, cannot rescue the evolution of cooperation. The new findings