2000
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572000000100008
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A new concept of relatedness and its significance to the theory of social evolution

Abstract: Data on primitively social groups of Hymenoptera have been somewhat contradictory with respect to kin recognition, degree of relatedness and social evolution. This study presents a new concept of "relatedness coefficient". Called "aggregated relatedness", the hypothesis here introduced proposes that genes shared by any two individuals affect formation of family units to an extent dependent on their frequency and manner of dispersion in neighboring populations.
Dados de campo de espécies de Hymenoptera primi…
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