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Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

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  • Patrick Abbot

    (Vanderbilt University)

  • Jun Abe

    (Laboratory of Applied Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University)

  • John Alcock

    (School of Life Sciences, PO Box 874501, Arizona State University)

  • Samuel Alizon

    (UMR CNRS-IRD 2724, Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, B.P. 64501)

  • Joao A. C. Alpedrinha

    (University of Oxford)

  • Malte Andersson

    (University of Gothenburg)

  • Jean-Baptiste Andre

    (CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, UMR 7625, Ecologie and Evolution)

  • Minus van Baalen

    (CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, UMR 7625, Ecologie and Evolution)

  • Francois Balloux

    (MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, St Mary’s Campus, Norfolk Place)

  • Sigal Balshine

    (Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, 1280 Main St West)

  • Nick Barton

    (IST Austria, Am Campus 1)

  • Leo W. Beukeboom

    (Evolutionary Genetics, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, PO Box 14)

  • Jay M. Biernaskie

    (University of Oxford)

  • Trine Bilde

    (Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 1540)

  • Gerald Borgia

    (University of Maryland, College Park)

  • Michael Breed

    (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado)

  • Sam Brown

    (University of Oxford)

  • Redouan Bshary

    (Faculté des sciences, Rue Emile-Argand 11, Case postale 158)

  • Angus Buckling

    (University of Oxford)

  • Nancy T. Burley

    (University of California, 321 Steinhaus Hall)

  • Max N. Burton-Chellew

    (University of Oxford)

  • Michael A. Cant

    (Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall)

  • Michel Chapuisat

    (Biophore, University of Lausanne)

  • Eric L. Charnov

    (167 Castetter Hall, MSC03 2020, 1 University of New Mexico)

  • Tim Clutton-Brock

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Andrew Cockburn

    (Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, Australian National University)

  • Blaine J. Cole

    (University of Houston)

  • Nick Colegrave

    (Institutes of Evolution, Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh)

  • Leda Cosmides

    (University of California, Santa Barbara)

  • Iain D. Couzin

    (Princeton University)

  • Jerry A. Coyne

    (The University of Chicago)

  • Scott Creel

    (Montana State University)

  • Bernard Crespi

    (8888 University Drive, Simon Fraser University)

  • Robert L. Curry

    (Villanova University)

  • Sasha R. X. Dall

    (Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall)

  • Troy Day

    (Queen’s University)

  • Janis L. Dickinson

    (The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University — The Johnson Center)

  • Lee Alan Dugatkin

    (University of Louisville)

  • Claire El Mouden

    (University of Oxford)

  • Stephen T. Emlen

    (Seeley G. Mudd Hall, Cornell University)

  • Jay Evans

    (USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory, BARC-E Bldg 476)

  • Regis Ferriere

    (Laboratoire Ecologie and Evolution, CNRS UMR 7625, Ecole Normale Superieure, 46 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, University of Arizona
    University of Arizona)

  • Jeremy Field

    (School of Life Sciences, John Maynard Smith Building, University of Sussex)

  • Susanne Foitzik

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München Großhaderner Str. 2 D - 82152 Planegg/Martinsried)

  • Kevin Foster

    (University of Oxford)

  • William A. Foster

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Charles W. Fox

    (University of Kentucky)

  • Juergen Gadau

    (School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe)

  • Sylvain Gandon

    (CEFE - UMR 5175, 1919 route de Mende)

  • Andy Gardner

    (University of Oxford)

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    (School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100)

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    (Michigan State University)

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    (School of Biology and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive)

  • Alan Grafen

    (University of Oxford)

  • Rick Grosberg

    (College of Biological Sciences, 1 Shields Avenue, UC Davis)

  • Christina M. Grozinger

    (Center for Pollinator Research, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, Chemical Ecology Lab 4A, University Park)

  • Pierre-Henri Gouyon

    (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP39, 12 rue Buffon)

  • Darryl Gwynne

    (University of Toronto)

  • Paul H. Harvey

    (University of Oxford)

  • Ben J. Hatchwell

    (University of Sheffield, Western Bank)

  • Jürgen Heinze

    (Biologie I, Universität Regensburg)

  • Heikki Helantera

    (PL 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FI-00014 University of Helsinki)

  • Ken R. Helms

    (University of Vermont)

  • Kim Hill

    (School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University)

  • Natalie Jiricny

    (University of Oxford)

  • Rufus A. Johnstone

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Alex Kacelnik

    (University of Oxford)

  • E. Toby Kiers

    (Institute of Ecological Science, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085)

  • Hanna Kokko

    (Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, Australian National University)

  • Jan Komdeur

    (Animal Ecology Group, Centre for Evolutionary and Ecological Studies, University of Groningen, PO Box 14)

  • Judith Korb

    (University of Osnabrueck, Barbarastr.11)

  • Daniel Kronauer

    (Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 26 Oxford St)

  • Rolf Kümmerli

    (Environmental Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Research and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133)

  • Laurent Lehmann

    (Faculté des sciences, Rue Emile-Argand 11, Case postale 158)

  • Timothy A. Linksvayer

    (Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15)

  • Sébastien Lion

    (School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London)

  • Bruce Lyon

    (University of California)

  • James A. R. Marshall

    (University of Sheffield)

  • Richard McElreath

    (UC Davis)

  • Yannis Michalakis

    (UMR CNRS-IRD 2724, Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, B.P. 64501)

  • Richard E. Michod

    (University of Arizona)

  • Douglas Mock

    (730 Van Vleet Oval, University of Oklahoma)

  • Thibaud Monnin

    (CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, UMR 7625, Ecologie and Evolution)

  • Robert Montgomerie

    (Queen’s University)

  • Allen J. Moore

    (Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall)

  • Ulrich G. Mueller

    (Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0930)

  • Ronald Noë

    (Psychologie — Université de Strasbourg, Ethologie des Primates — DEPE (IPHC CNRS UMR 7178), 23 rue Becquerel — Strasbourg 67087)

  • Samir Okasha

    (University of Bristol)

  • Pekka Pamilo

    (University of Helsinki, Box 65, 00140 University of Helsinki)

  • Geoff A. Parker

    (Institute of Integrative Biology, Biosciences Building, Crown Street, University of Liverpool)

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    (Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15)

  • Ido Pen

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  • David C. Queller

    (Rice University)

  • Daniel J. Rankin

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    Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge Bâtiment Génopode)

  • Sarah E. Reece

    (Institutes of Evolution, Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh)

  • Hudson K. Reeve

    (Seeley G. Mudd Hall, Cornell University)

  • Max Reuter

    (Evolution and Environment, Faculty of Life Sciences, University College London, 4 Stephenson Way)

  • Gilbert Roberts

    (Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Institute of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Henry Wellcome Building, Framlington Place)

  • Simon K. A. Robson

    (School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University)

  • Denis Roze

    (Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS-UPMC UMR 7144)

  • Francois Rousset

    (Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, University of Montpellier 2)

  • Olav Rueppell

    (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 312 Eberhart Building)

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    (University of Oxford)

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  • Tom Scott-Phillips

    (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh)

  • Janet Shellmann-Sherman

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  • Paul W. Sherman

    (Seeley G. Mudd Hall, Cornell University)

  • David M. Shuker

    (School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Harold Mitchell Building)

  • Jeff Smith

    (Rice University)

  • Joseph C. Spagna

    (William Paterson University of New Jersey)

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    (101 West Hall, University of Michigan)

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    (University of Illinois)

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    (Queen’s University)

  • Graham Thompson

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • John Tooby

    (University of California)

  • Neil D. Tsutsui

    (Deptartment of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 130 Mulford Hall, 3114, University of California Berkeley)

  • Kazuki Tsuji

    (Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus)

  • Stefano Turillazzi

    (Università degli Studi di Firenze, via Romana 17)

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    (University of Tennessee Knoxville)

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    (Box 7613, North Carolina State University)

  • Bernard Voelkl

    (Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University zu Berlin)

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    (University of Houston)

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    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Richard Wrangham

    (Harvard University)

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    (Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada)

  • Jeanne A. Zeh

    (Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada)

  • Andrew Zink

    (San Francisco State University)

Abstract

Arising from M. A. Nowak, C. E. Tarnita & E. O. Wilson Nature 466, 1057–1062 (2010)10.1038/nature09205 ; Nowak et al. reply Nowak et al.1 argue that inclusive fitness theory has been of little value in explaining the natural world, and that it has led to negligible progress in explaining the evolution of eusociality. However, we believe that their arguments are based upon a misunderstanding of evolutionary theory and a misrepresentation of the empirical literature. We will focus our comments on three general issues.

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  • Patrick Abbot & Jun Abe & John Alcock & Samuel Alizon & Joao A. C. Alpedrinha & Malte Andersson & Jean-Baptiste Andre & Minus van Baalen & Francois Balloux & Sigal Balshine & Nick Barton & Leo W. Beuk, 2011. "Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality," Nature, Nature, vol. 471(7339), pages 1-4, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:471:y:2011:i:7339:d:10.1038_nature09831
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09831
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