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Social evolution and inclusive fitness theory : an introduction / / James A.R. Marshall



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Autore: Marshall James A. R. <1976-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Social evolution and inclusive fitness theory : an introduction / / James A.R. Marshall Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Edizione: Course Book
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 304.5
Soggetto topico: Sociobiology
Social behavior in animals
Behavior evolution
Evolution (Biology)
Social evolution
Soggetto non controllato: Charles Darwin
George Price
Haldane's dilemma
Hamilton's rule
Price equation
R. A. Fisher
additive donation game
additivity
altruism
apparent design
class-structured populations
competition
conditional behaviors
conditionality
cooperative breeding
eusociality
evolution
evolutionary change
evolutionary fitness
fecundity
fitness benefits
fitness costs
fitness
genes
genetic selection
greenbeard traits
group selection
heritability
inclusive fitness theory
inclusive fitness
multilevel selection
natural selection
nonadditive behaviors
nonadditive donation game
nonadditive interactions
nonadditivity
partial regression
payoffs
phenotype
phenotypic assortment
population genetics
public goods games
quantitative genetics
reciprocal cooperation
relatedness
replicator dynamics
reproductive success
reproductive value
self-sacrifice
sex allocation
social behaviors
social evolution
spite
structured populations
synergistic coefficient
unconditional behaviors
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Social Behavior and Evolutionary Thought -- CHAPTER TWO. Models of Social Behavior -- CHAPTER THREE. The Price Equation -- CHAPTER FOUR. Inclusive Fitness and Hamilton's Rule -- CHAPTER FIVE. Nonadditive Interactions and Hamilton's Rule -- CHAPTER SIX. Conditional Behaviors and Inclusive Fitness -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Variants of Hamilton's Rule and Evolutionary Explanations -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Heritability, Maximization, and Evolutionary Explanations -- CHAPTER NINE. What Is Fitness? -- CHAPTER TEN. Evidence, Other Approaches, and Further Topics -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Social behavior has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, since the classical theory of natural selection maintains that individuals should not sacrifice their own fitness to affect that of others. Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory argues that a theory first presented in 1963 by William D. Hamilton-inclusive fitness theory-provides the most fundamental and general explanation for the evolution and maintenance of social behavior in the natural world. James Marshall guides readers through the vast and confusing literature on the evolution of social behavior, introducing and explaining the competing theories that claim to provide answers to questions such as why animals evolve to behave altruistically. Using simple statistical language and techniques that practicing biologists will be familiar with, he provides a comprehensive yet easily understandable treatment of key concepts and their repeated misinterpretations. Particular attention is paid to how more realistic features of behavior, such as non-additivity and conditionality, can complicate analysis. Marshall highlights the general problem of identifying the underlying causes of evolutionary change, and proposes fruitful approaches to doing so in the study of social evolution. Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory describes how inclusive fitness theory addresses both simple and complex social scenarios, the controversies surrounding the theory, and how experimental work supports the theory as the most powerful explanation for social behavior and its evolution.
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ISBN: 0-691-18333-3
1-4008-6656-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788146503321
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