Biology 3436F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Richard Dawkins, Kin Recognition, Gene-Centered View Of Evolution
3 Dec 2017
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1 - kin selection involved directing altruism towards (or selfishness away from) relatives. This implies a mechanism for discriminating individuals of the basis of kinship-kin recognition. 2 - three broad categories including kin recognition per se, which uses acquired or inherited cues or both to estimate kinship, probability of identity by descent. If kin recon is explained by inheritable cues and by variation of acquired cues then it is nature or nurture distinction, how do you break down variation in phenotype with kin recognition being an example. Can be one or the other or some combination of both. Lower limit for kin is -the conventional use for the term. 3 - the theoretical lower limit for kin recognition is reserved for the green beard model, in which interactants share a few as on eagle ibd - namely, the allele for altruism.
