Kin selection spreads by James P Higham

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Kin Selection in the RNA World by Samuel R. Levin, Stuart A. West

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The genetical theory of kin selection. by Gardner, A, West, SA, Wild, G

“…More generally, we emphasize the need to distinguish between general kin-selection theory that forms the foundations of social evolution, and streamlined kin-selection methodology that is used to solve specific problems.…”

Kin selection in the RNA world by Levin, S, West, S

“…Why did life’s first inhabitants, from polymerases to synthetases, cooperate? We develop kin selection models of the RNA world to answer these questions. …”

Kin selection: fact and fiction by Griffin, A, West, SA

“…However, recent work has emphasized how the importance of kin selection can be overestimated -an estimate of high relatedness between interacting individuals is not in itself sufficient evidence that kin selection is responsible for promoting altruism. …”

Kin selection under blending inheritance by Gardner, A

“…Why did Darwin fail to develop his insights on kin selection into a proper theory of social adaptation? …”

Kin selection under blending inheritance. by Gardner, A

“…Why did Darwin fail to develop his insights on kin selection into a proper theory of social adaptation? …”

Kin selection theory and the design of cooperative crops by Jay M. Biernaskie

“…However, kin selection thinking has not been adequately applied to the idea of cooperative crops. …”
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Editorial: Kin selection and kin cooperation in plants by Kamal Bawa, John R. Pannell

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Kin selection for cooperation in natural bacterial populations by Belcher, L, Ghoul, M, Dewar, A, West, S

“…Laboratory experiments have suggested that these “public goods” molecules represent a form of cooperation, favored because they benefit closely related cells (kin selection). However, there is a relative lack of data demonstrating kin selection for cooperation in natural populations of bacteria. …”

Kin selection for cooperation in natural bacterial populations by Belcher, L, West, S, Dewar, A, Ghoul, M

IS KIN SELECTION INVOLVED IN THE EVOLUTION OF WARNING COLORATION by Guilford, T

“…Kin selection is often though to be important or even necessary for the evolution of warning coloration. …”

Compensation and Kin Selection in the Long Nineteenth Century Translationscapes by Ștefan Baghiu, Emanuel Modoc

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Multilevel and kin selection in a connected world Reply by Wild, G, Gardner, A, West, SA

Detecting kin selection at work using inclusive fitness. by Grafen, A

“…A recent model shows that altruism can evolve with limited migration and variable group sizes, and the authors claim that kin selection cannot provide a sufficient explanation of their results. …”

Detecting kin selection at work using inclusive fitness by Grafen, A

“…A recent model shows that altruism can evolve with limited migration and variable group sizes, and the authors claim that kin selection cannot provide a sufficient explanation of their results. …”

Kin selection, quorum sensing and virulence in pathogenic bacteria. by Rumbaugh, K, Trivedi, U, Watters, C, Burton-Chellew, M, Diggle, S, West, SA

Directional selection coupled with kin selection favors the establishment of senescence by András Szilágyi, Tamás Czárán, Mauro Santos, Eörs Szathmáry

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Group selection and kin selection: two concepts but one process. by Lehmann, L, Keller, L, West, S, Roze, D

“…This allows us to highlight the differences and similarities between Traulsen and Nowak's model and typical kin selection models and also to broaden the scope of their results. …”

Joint evolution of multiple social traits: a kin selection analysis by Brown, S, Taylor, P

“…We develop a general kin-selection framework for the evolution of social behaviours in multiple dimensions. …”