Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory : : An Introduction /

Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory : : An Introduction / / James A.R. Marshall.

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Social behavior has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, since the classical theory of natural selection maintains that individuals should not sacrifice their own fitness to affect that of others. Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory argues that a theory first presented in 1963 by William...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Marshall, James A.R.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.) :; 7 halftones. 23 line illus. 7 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowlegments
  • CHAPTER ONE. Social Behavior and Evolutionary Thought
  • CHAPTER TWO. Models of Social Behavior
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Price Equation
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Inclusive Fitness and Hamilton's Rule
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Nonadditive Interactions and Hamilton's Rule
  • CHAPTER SIX. Conditional Behaviors and Inclusive Fitness
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Variants of Hamilton's Rule and Evolutionary Explanations
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Heritability, Maximization, and Evolutionary Explanations
  • CHAPTER NINE. What Is Fitness?
  • CHAPTER TEN. Evidence, Other Approaches, and Further Topics
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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