Go High or Go Low? Adaptive Evolution of High and Low Relatedness Societies in Social Hymenoptera

Cooperative groups can increase fitness either by helping kin or interacting with unlike individuals to produce social heterosis. They cannot, however, simultaneously maximize both benefits. This tradeoff between nepotism and diversity is modeled using Hamilton's rule (rb–c > 0), by allo...

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Main Author: Peter Nonacs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2017.00087/full