Kin selection is a mechanism of natural selection in which traits are favored not for their contribution to the direct reproductive success of an individual but for their positive effects on the survival and reproduction of genetically related individuals, thereby increasing the representation of shared alleles in subsequent generations.
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Group Selection and Kin Selection
John Maynard Smith · Nature · 1964 · 2K citations
How to Make a Kin Selection Model
Peter Taylor, Steven A. Frank · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1996 · 615 citations
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