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Monogamy promotes altruistic sterility in insect societies

Monogamy is associated with sibling-directed altruism in multiple animal taxa, including insects, birds and mammals. Inclusive-fitness theory readily explains this pattern by identifying high relatedness as a promoter of altruism. In keeping with this prediction, monogamy should promote the evolutio...

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Autores principales: Davies, Nicholas G., Gardner, Andy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5990772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29892408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172190