Molecular Ecology of the Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia Marginata : Relatedness, Queen Succession and Population Genetics
Altruism is defined as a trait in an individual that increases some other individual’s fitness at the expense of her own. Therefore, existence of such traits in a population is an evolutionary paradox, as natural selection should eliminate such a trait. Extreme altruism in the form of eusociality wh...
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| Online Access: | http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/2005/3676 http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/abstracts/4546/G26901-Abs.pdf |