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Part I: THE FUNDAMENTALS OFEVOLUTIONARY COOPERATION
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... "Kith selection" requires neither kin nor kind, but instead involves actors affecting partners in ways that feed back to the actor's fitness. Mutualism and manipulation are included in this category.
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... It is easy to treat males differently from females, or workers from queens. The less successful kin selection predictions, such as parts of skew theory, may fail because they require genetic kin recognition mechanisms sufficient to detect closer from more distant relatives within colonies.
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... First, although, some helpers gain kin-selected benefits through helping close kin, others may gain direct benefits. Compared with the social insects, more research on birds has addressed the particular benefits of remaining at home and on the ecological constraints that may limit independent breeding.


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