Hamilton goes empirical: estimation of inclusive fitness from life-history data
- 7 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
- Vol. 270 (1512) , 307-311
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2227
Abstract
Hamilton's theory of kin selection is one of the most important advances in evolutionary biology since Darwin. Central to the kinselection theory is the concept of inclusive fitness. However, despi...Keywords
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