Kin Selection
Kin selection is when the fitness of an organism is favored even if it can lead to detrimental effects to the organism’s reproduction and its survival.
Altruistic behavior is known as the increase of fitness of a recipient along with a decrease in the fitness of the donor. This can be seen in nature when organisms share meals or display warning calls.
Hamilton’s rule expresses that altruism is favored by natural selection when
r refers to the related proportion of shared genes
B refers to the benefit to recipient.
An example of this would be more offspring.
C refers to the cost of the altruist
According to Hamilton’s Rule, if the combined benefit of the recipient and the related proportion of shared genes outweigh the cost of the altruist, then natural selection would favor altruistic behavior.
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