{"id":622,"date":"2021-09-19T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/?p=622"},"modified":"2021-09-19T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T10:00:16","slug":"50-kin-selection-and-hamiltons-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"50- Kin Selection and Hamilton&#8217;s Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-622-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/3d2240d8\/podcast\/play\/35519544\/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2021-5-18%2F198155728-44100-2-849c3702b32c2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/3d2240d8\/podcast\/play\/35519544\/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2021-5-18%2F198155728-44100-2-849c3702b32c2.mp3\">https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/3d2240d8\/podcast\/play\/35519544\/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2021-5-18%2F198155728-44100-2-849c3702b32c2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Altruism- or actions by organisms which ultimately provide a benefit to other organisms- have been puzzling evolutionary scientists since Darwin&#8217;s time. As such, attempts have been made to explain how this phenomenon comes about. One of these explanations is the subject of today&#8217;s episode- kin selection and Hamilton&#8217;s rule. Now, I am not going to go into the arguments and evidence for and against it, which is probably a topic for future episodes. For now, it&#8217;s probably best to say that my previous studies on the topic have taught me that there is a tangible divide within biology on this topic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sources for this episode: 1) Campbell, N. A., Urry, L. A., Cain, M. L., Wasserman, S. A., Minorsky, P. V. and Reece, J. B. (2018), Biology: a global approach, 11th edition (Global Edition), Harlow, Pearson Education Limited. 2) Dugatkin, L. A. (2007), Inclusive Fitness Theory from Darwin to Hamilton, Genetics 176(3): 1375- 1380. 3) The Editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica (2018), Kin selection (online) [Accessed 18\/06\/2021]. 4) Herron, J. C. and Freeman, S. (2015), Evolutionary Analysis (Fifth Edition, Global Edition). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. 5) Oshaka, S., OUPblog (Oxford University Press, 2015), Kin selection, group selection and altruism: a controversy without end? (online) [Accessed 17\/06\/2021]. 6) Thain, M. and Hickman, M. (2014), Dictionary of Biology (Eleventh Edition). London: Penguin Books Ltd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Altruism- or actions by organisms which ultimately provide a benefit to other organisms- have been puzzling evolutionary scientists since Darwin&#8217;s time. As such, attempts have been made to explain how this phenomenon comes about. One of these explanations is the subject of today&#8217;s episode- kin selection and Hamilton&#8217;s rule. Now, I am not going to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/?p=622\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;50- Kin Selection and Hamilton&#8217;s Rule&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}