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    Evolution. 2000 Aug;54(4):1135-41.

    Overlapping generations can promote altruistic behavior.

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    Department of Mathematics and Statistic, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. taylorp@post.queensu.ca

    Abstract

    We use an inclusive fitness model to study the evolution of altruism in a patch-structured population in which there is positive probability of breeder survival from one generation to the next. We find first that breeder survival promotes altruism and second that there is a marked difference between benefits of fecundity and benefits of survival. Under the first altruism is more strongly favored, and under the second altruism is less strongly favored than in a randomly mixing population.

    PMID:
    11005283
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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