Kin-Directed Helping is a behavioral strategy within the broader category of altruistic behaviors in evolutionary biology, distinguished by its selective provision of assistance to genetically related individuals in order to enhance their reproductive success, thereby promoting the helper's inclusive fitness.
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Kin-directed Altruism
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Unrelated helpers in a social insect
David C. Queller, Francesca Zacchi, Rita Cervo et al. · Nature · 2000 · 258 citations
Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +14
Kin preference in a social microbe
Natasha J. Mehdiabadi, Chandra N. Jack, Tiffany Talley Farnham et al. · Nature · 2006 · 196 citations
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Rice University
Houston, United States
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14 publications
2.7K citations
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
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6 publications
444 citations
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
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7 publications
273 citations
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
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7 publications
572 citations
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
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University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
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University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
8 publications · 762 citations
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- The American Naturalist
AN · 2 publications · 253 citations
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PNAS · 2 publications · 235 citations
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- Nature
2 publications · 454 citations
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- Animal Behaviour
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