Kin Selection versus Sexual Selection: Why the Ends Do Not Meet

Volume: 17, Issue: 16
Published: Aug 21, 2007
Abstract
I redevelop the hypothesis that lifetime monogamy is a fundamental condition for the evolution of eusocial lineages with permanent non-reproductive castes, and that later elaborations — such as multiply-mated queens and multi-queen colonies — arose without the re-mating promiscuity that characterizes non-social and cooperative breeding. Sexually selected traits in eusocial lineages are therefore peculiar, and their evolution constrained....
Paper Details
Title
Kin Selection versus Sexual Selection: Why the Ends Do Not Meet
Published Date
Aug 21, 2007
Volume
17
Issue
16
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