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Enhanced kin recognition through population estimation.
The American naturalist - 1 May 2013
Krupp Daniel Brian, Taylor Peter D
Abstract excerpt
Kin recognition systems enable organisms to predict genetic relatedness. In so doing, they help to maximize the fitness consequences of social actions. Recognition based on phenotypic similarity-a process known as phenotype matching-is thought to depend upon information about one's own phenotype and the phenotypes of one's partners. We provide a simple model of genetic relatedness conditioned upon phenotypic...
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