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The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour. I
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A genetical mathematical model is described which allows for interactions between relatives on one another's fitness and a quantity is found which incorporates the maximizing property of Darwinian fitness, named “inclusive fitness”.About:
This article is published in Journal of Theoretical Biology.The article was published on 1964-07-01. It has received 14730 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Darwinian Fitness & Kin selection.read more
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The empathic brain: how, when and why?
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Models of parasite virulence
TL;DR: Standard models of parasite virulence are summarized and connected to diverse topics, such as the virulence of bacterial plasmids, the evolution of genomes, and the processes that influence conflict and cooperation among the earliest replicators near the origin of life.
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Dispersal in stable habitats
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Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection.
TL;DR: The aim here is to address issues of semantic confusion that have arisen with research on the problem of cooperation, and to emphasize the need to distinguish between proximate (mechanism) and ultimate (survival value) explanations of behaviours.
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Social learning strategies.
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Animal dispersion in relation to social behaviour
TL;DR: Wynne-Edwards has written this interesting and important book as a sequel to his earlier (1962) Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social Behaviour, and reviewing it has proven to be a valuable task for one who normally is only at the periphery of the group selection controversy.