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3 unusual facts about kin selection


Kin selection

The social shrimp Synalpheus regalis protects juveniles within highly related colonies.

Synalpheus regalis is a eusocial shrimp that protects juveniles in the colony.

Microstigmus

Kin selection based on Hamiliton’s Rule provides an explanation to the population genetics framework and specifies the patterns of local and family genetic makeup that results in the most favorable outcome.



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Evolution of eusociality

The monogamy hypothesis, formulated by Jacobus Boomsma, is currently the leading hypothesis concerning the evolution of eusociality and uses Hamilton's kin selection approach in a way that applies to both haploid and diploid organisms.