Social evolution: the decline and fall of genetic kin recognition.
Animals should benefit from the ability to recognise their kin, yet curiously this faculty is often absent. New theory confirms that genetic kin recognition is inherently unstable, explaining its rarity.
Gardner
Andy
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. andy.gardner@ed.ac.uk
West
Stuart A
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D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005819:Genetic Markers; D008957:Models, Genetic; D012641:Selection, Genetic
D005819:Genetic Markers