Altruism in a volatile world

Patrick Kennedy (), Andrew D. Higginson, Andrew N. Radford and Seirian Sumner
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Patrick Kennedy: School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
Andrew D. Higginson: Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
Andrew N. Radford: School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
Seirian Sumner: Evolution and Environment, University College London

Nature, 2018, vol. 555, issue 7696, 359-362

Abstract: A derivation of Hamilton’s rule that considers explicit environmental stochasticity can predict when organisms should pay a cost to influence the variance in the reproductive success of their relatives, formalizing the link between bet-hedging and altruism.

Date: 2018
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