Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality
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- 23 March 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 471 (7339), E1-E4
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09831
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.Keywords
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