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Beyond conflict: Kinship theory of intragenomic conflict predicts individual variation in altruistic behaviour.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2023
Bresnahan Sean T, Galbraith David, Ma Rong, Anton Kate, Rangel Juliana, Grozinger Christina M
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Behavioural variation is essential for animals to adapt to different social and environmental conditions. The Kinship Theory of Intragenomic Conflict (KTIC) predicts that parent-specific alleles can support different behavioural strategies to maximize allele fitness. Previous studies, including in honey bees (Apis mellifera), supported predictions of the KTIC for parent-specific alleles to promote selfish...
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