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Altruism in a volatile world

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  • Patrick Kennedy

    (School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol)

  • Andrew D. Higginson

    (Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter)

  • Andrew N. Radford

    (School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol)

  • Seirian Sumner

    (Evolution and Environment, University College London)

Abstract

A derivation of Hamilton’s rule that considers explicit environmental stochasticity can predict when organisms should pay a cost to influence the variance in the reproductive success of their relatives, formalizing the link between bet-hedging and altruism.

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  • Patrick Kennedy & Andrew D. Higginson & Andrew N. Radford & Seirian Sumner, 2018. "Altruism in a volatile world," Nature, Nature, vol. 555(7696), pages 359-362, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:555:y:2018:i:7696:d:10.1038_nature25965
    DOI: 10.1038/nature25965
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    2. David V McLeod & Troy Day, 2019. "Social evolution under demographic stochasticity," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(2), pages 1-13, February.

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