title: Social evolution: the decline and fall of genetic kin recognition.
abstract: 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.
authors: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. andy.gardner@ed.ac.uk
authors: Andy
authors: A
authors: Gardner
authors: Stuart A
authors: SA
authors: West
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005819:Genetic Markers; D008957:Models, Genetic; D012641:Selection, Genetic
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers