The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour

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The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour is William D. Hamilton’s landmark 1964 paper that founded modern kin selection theory and transformed the study of social evolution in biology.

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instanceOf scientific paper ⓘ
author W. D. Hamilton ⓘ
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William Donald Hamilton ⓘ
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centralIdea altruistic behaviour can be favoured by natural selection when weighted benefits to relatives exceed costs ⓘ
genes can increase in frequency by promoting the reproduction of relatives ⓘ
citedAs classic paper in evolutionary biology ⓘ
landmark paper on kin selection ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs cornerstone of modern theories of social evolution ⓘ
foundational work in inclusive fitness theory ⓘ
field behavioural ecology ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ
population genetics ⓘ
sociobiology ⓘ
formalism Hamilton's rule rB > C ⓘ
hasPart The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour I ⓘ
The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour II ⓘ
impact founded modern kin selection theory ⓘ
provided genetical basis for altruism and cooperation ⓘ
transformed the study of social behaviour in biology ⓘ
influenced evolutionary game theory in social behaviour ⓘ
modern kin selection theory ⓘ
modern social evolution theory ⓘ
introducedConcept Hamilton's rule ⓘ
formal kin selection framework ⓘ
inclusive fitness theory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
publicationYear 1964 ⓘ
publishedIn Journal of Theoretical Biology ⓘ
relatedTo Price equation ⓘ
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis ⓘ
The Selfish Gene ⓘ
group selection debate ⓘ
subjectOf citations in textbooks on evolutionary biology ⓘ
historical analyses in philosophy of biology ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
topic altruism in animals ⓘ
evolution of cooperation ⓘ
inclusive fitness ⓘ
kin selection ⓘ
natural selection ⓘ
social evolution ⓘ

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