Direct fitness or inclusive fitness: how shall we model kin selection?
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Direct fitness or inclusive fitness: how shall we model kin selection?
Two standard mathematical formulations of kin-selection models can be found. Inclusive fitness is an actor-centred approach, which calculates the fitness effect on a number of recipients of the behaviour of a single actor. Direct fitness is a recipient-centred approach, which calculates the fitness effect on the recipient of the behaviour of a number of actors. Inclusive fitness offers us a pow...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1010-061X,1420-9101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01196.x