Earlier explanations of altruistic behavior as a form of group selec-tion have been supplanted by Hamilton’s hypothesis of kin selection. What distinguishes kin selection and how does it accord with the no-tion of inclusive fitness, the relative number of an individual’s alleles that pass to the next generation?

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Earlier explanations of altruistic behavior as a form of group selec-tion have been supplanted by Hamilton’s hypothesis of kin selection. What distinguishes kin selection and how does it accord with the no-tion of inclusive fitness, the relative number of an individual’s alleles that pass to the next generation?

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Altruistic behaviour: it is the notion that the lives of others is equally, if not more important than the well-being and survival of self. This type of behaviour is called Altruism. In this type of behaviour organisms shows support to the other organism even if it has to give up its own fitness.

In the altruistic behaviour the fitness of recipient increases while the fitness of donor gets decreased.

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