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Unraveling nature’s altruism: how family ties drive evolution’s puzzles.
Inclusive Fitness and Kin Selection
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86 pages
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25 April 2024
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The Puzzle of Altruism: Inclusive Fitness and Kin Selection Explained
The biological world presents phenomena that challenge traditional Darwinian natural selection. Why, for instance, do some species exhibit a division of reproductive labor, with non-reproducing individuals? This seems to contradict the idea that traits evolve to enhance survival and reproduction. Similarly, how does an insect’s distastefulness to predators evolve, given that it only affects the predator after the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781009011488 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1009011480 |
| Series: | Elements in the Philosophy of Biology |
| Author: | Hannah Rubin |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 86 |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 150mm x 5mm |
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