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kin selection
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Definition
Natural selection that favors behaviors that benefit relatives, even at a cost to the individual performing the behavior
Related Terms (8)
sibling interactionskinship structuringaltruismapparently altruistic behaviorsfamily competitioninclusive fitnesskin selectionsélection de parentèle
Publications (17)
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Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
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Maternal survival costs in an asocial mammal
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Assessing the Impact that the Keystone Species, the Red Naped Sapsucker (<i> Sphyrapicus nuchalis </i>), has on the Community of Species in the East River
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Is Plant Fitness Proportional to Seed Set? An Experiment and a Spatial Model
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Are social network measures associated with the propensity to alarm call in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)?
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Proximate causes of natal dispersal in female yellow-bellied marmots, <i>Marmota flaviventris</i>
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Social group size predicts the evolution of individuality
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Applying the coalitionary-traits metric: sociality without cooperation in male yellow-bellied marmots
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Social cohesion in yellow-bellied marmots is established through age and kin structuring
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Long-distance dispersal to the mining frontier in late 19th century Colorado
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The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot alarm communication
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Reproductive competition in female yellow-bellied marmots
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Why do yellow-bellied marmots call?
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Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: II. The importance of direct fitness
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Biodiversity in marmots
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Biodiversity in marmots
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