kin selection theory
1kin selection — kin n a theory of natural selection which states that a usu. altruistic behavior or attribute that lowers the fitness of a particular individual is selected for if it increases the probability of survival and reproduction of related kin who… …
2Kin selection — From the time of antiquity field biologists have observed that some organisms tend to exhibit strategies that favor the reproductive success of their relatives, even at a cost to their own survival and/or reproduction. The classic example is a… …
3kin selection — noun Date: 1975 a theory of natural selection which states that a usually altruistic behavior or attribute that lowers the fitness of a particular individual is selected for if it increases the probability of survival and reproduction of related… …
4kin selection — noun : a theory of natural selection which states that a usually altruistic behavior or attribute that lowers the fitness of a particular individual is selected for if it increases the probability of survival and reproduction of related kin who… …
5Selection de parentele — Sélection de parentèle Les mécanismes de l évolution biologique Mécanismes non aléatoires: sélection naturelle sélection utilitaire sélection sexuelle sélection de parentèle sélection de groupe …
6Sélection de parentèle — Les mécanismes de l évolution biologique Mécanismes non aléatoires : sélection naturelle sélection de survie sélection sexuelle sélection de parentèle sélection de groupe sélection s …
7selection — selectional, adj. /si lek sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice. 2. a thing or a number of things selected. 3. an aggregate of things displayed for choice, purchase, use, etc.; a group from which a… …
8Group selection — In evolutionary biology, group selection refers to the idea that alleles can become fixed or spread in a population because of the benefits they bestow on groups, regardless of the alleles effect on the fitness of individuals within that group.… …
9Natural selection — For other uses, see Natural Selection (disambiguation). Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology …
10Dual inheritance theory — (DIT), also known as gene culture coevolution, was developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s to explain how human behavior is a product of two different and interacting evolutionary processes: genetic evolution and cultural evolution. DIT is a… …
