Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

Patrick Abbot; Jun Abe; John Alcock; Samuel Alizon; Joao A C Alpedrinha; Malte Andersson; Jean-Baptiste Andre; Minus van Baalen; Francois Balloux; Sigal Balshine; Nick Barton; Leo W Beukeboom; Jay M Biernaskie; Trine Bilde Kofoed; Gerald Borgia; Michael Breed; Sam Brown; Redouan Bshary; Angus Buckling; Nancy T Burley; Max N Burton-Chellew; Michael A Cant; Michel Chapuisat; Eric L Charnov; Tim Clutton-Brock; Andrew Cockburn; Blaine J Cole; Nick Colegrave; Leda Cosmides; Iain D Couzin; Jerry A Coyne; Scott Creel; Bernard Crespi; Robert L Curry; Sasha R X Dall; Troy Day; Janis L Dickinson; Lee Alan Dugatkin; Claire El Mouden; Stephen T Emlen; Jay Evans; Regis Ferriere; Jeremy Field; Susanne Foitzik; Kevin Foster; William A Foster; Charles W Fox; Juergen Gadau; Sylvain Gandon; Andy Gardner; Michael G Gardner; Thomas Getty; Michael A D Goodisman; Alan Grafen; Rick Grosberg; Christina M Grozinger; Pierre-Henri Gouyon; Darryl Gwynne; Paul H Harvey; Ben J Hatchwell; Jürgen Heinze; Heikki Helantera; Ken R Helms; Kim Hill; Jiricny Natalie; Rufus A Johnstone; Alex Kacelnik; E Toby Kiers; Hanna Kokko; Jan Komdeur; Judith Korb; Daniel Kronauer; Rolf Kümmerli; Laurent Lehmann; Timothy Arnold Linksvayer; Sébastien Lion; Bruce Lyon; James A R Marshall; Richard McElreath; Yannis Michalakis; Richard E Michod; Douglas Mock; Thibaud Monnin; Robert Montgomerie; Allen J Moore; Ulrich G Mueller; Ronald Noë; Samir Okasha; Pekka Pamilo; Geoff A Parker; Jes Søe Pedersen; Ido Pen; David Pfennig; David C Queller; Daniel J Rankin; Sarah E Reece; Hudson K Reeve; Max Reuter; Gilbert Roberts; Simon K A Robson; Denis Roze; Francois Rousset; Olav Rueppell; Joel L Sachs; Lorenzo Santorelli; Paul Schmid-Hempel; Michael P Schwarz; Tom Scott-Phillips; Janet Shellmann-Sherman; Paul W Sherman; David M Shuker; Jeff Smith; Joseph C Spagna; Beverly Strassmann; Andrew V Suarez; Liselotte Sundström; Michael Taborsky; Peter Taylor; Graham Thompson; John Tooby; Neil D Tsutsui; Kazuki Tsuji; Stefano Turillazzi; Francisco Ubeda; Edward L Vargo; Bernard Voelkl; Tom Wenseleers; Stuart A West; Mary Jane West-Eberhard; David F Westneat; Diane C Wiernasz; Geoff Wild; Richard Wrangham; Andrew J Young; David W Zeh; Jeanne A Zeh; Andrew Zink

doi:10.1038/nature09831

Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

Patrick Abbot, Jun Abe, John Alcock, Samuel Alizon, Joao A C Alpedrinha, Malte Andersson, Jean-Baptiste Andre, Minus van Baalen, Francois Balloux, Sigal Balshine, Nick Barton, Leo W Beukeboom, Jay M Biernaskie, Trine Bilde Kofoed, Gerald Borgia, Michael Breed, Sam Brown, Redouan Bshary, Angus Buckling, Nancy T BurleyMax N Burton-Chellew, Michael A Cant, Michel Chapuisat, Eric L Charnov, Tim Clutton-Brock, Andrew Cockburn, Blaine J Cole, Nick Colegrave, Leda Cosmides, Iain D Couzin, Jerry A Coyne, Scott Creel, Bernard Crespi, Robert L Curry, Sasha R X Dall, Troy Day, Janis L Dickinson, Lee Alan Dugatkin, Claire El Mouden, Stephen T Emlen, Jay Evans, Regis Ferriere, Jeremy Field, Susanne Foitzik, Kevin Foster, William A Foster, Charles W Fox, Juergen Gadau, Sylvain Gandon, Andy Gardner, Michael G Gardner, Thomas Getty, Michael A D Goodisman, Alan Grafen, Rick Grosberg, Christina M Grozinger, Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Darryl Gwynne, Paul H Harvey, Ben J Hatchwell, Jürgen Heinze, Heikki Helantera, Ken R Helms, Kim Hill, Jiricny Natalie, Rufus A Johnstone, Alex Kacelnik, E Toby Kiers, Hanna Kokko, Jan Komdeur, Judith Korb, Daniel Kronauer, Rolf Kümmerli, Laurent Lehmann, Timothy Arnold Linksvayer, Sébastien Lion, Bruce Lyon, James A R Marshall, Richard McElreath, Yannis Michalakis, Richard E Michod, Douglas Mock, Thibaud Monnin, Robert Montgomerie, Allen J Moore, Ulrich G Mueller, Ronald Noë, Samir Okasha, Pekka Pamilo, Geoff A Parker, Jes Søe Pedersen, Ido Pen, David Pfennig, David C Queller, Daniel J Rankin, Sarah E Reece, Hudson K Reeve, Max Reuter, Gilbert Roberts, Simon K A Robson, Denis Roze, Francois Rousset, Olav Rueppell, Joel L Sachs, Lorenzo Santorelli, Paul Schmid-Hempel, Michael P Schwarz, Tom Scott-Phillips, Janet Shellmann-Sherman, Paul W Sherman, David M Shuker, Jeff Smith, Joseph C Spagna, Beverly Strassmann, Andrew V Suarez, Liselotte Sundström, Michael Taborsky, Peter Taylor, Graham Thompson, John Tooby, Neil D Tsutsui, Kazuki Tsuji, Stefano Turillazzi, Francisco Ubeda, Edward L Vargo, Bernard Voelkl, Tom Wenseleers, Stuart A West, Mary Jane West-Eberhard, David F Westneat, Diane C Wiernasz, Geoff Wild, Richard Wrangham, Andrew J Young, David W Zeh, Jeanne A Zeh, Andrew Zink

Ecology and Evolution

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Abstract

Arising from M. A. Nowak, C. E. Tarnita & E. O. Wilson 466, 1057-1062 (2010); Nowak et al. reply. Nowak et al. argue that inclusive fitness theory has been of little value in explaining the natural world, and that it has led to negligible progress in explaining the evolution of eusociality. However, we believe that their arguments are based upon a misunderstanding of evolutionary theory and a misrepresentation of the empirical literature. We will focus our comments on three general issues.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature
Volume	471
Issue number	7339
Pages (from-to)	E1-E4
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0028-0836
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09831
Publication status	Published - 24 Mar 2011

Keywords

Altruism
Animals
Biological Evolution
Cooperative Behavior
Female
Game Theory
Genetic Fitness
Genetics, Population
Heredity
Humans
Male
Models, Biological
Phenotype
Reproducibility of Results
Selection, Genetic
Sex Ratio

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Abbot, P., Abe, J., Alcock, J., Alizon, S., Alpedrinha, J. A. C., Andersson, M., Andre, J-B., van Baalen, M., Balloux, F., Balshine, S., Barton, N., Beukeboom, L. W., Biernaskie, J. M., Kofoed, T. B., Borgia, G., Breed, M., Brown, S., Bshary, R., Buckling, A., ... Zink, A. (2011). Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature, 471(7339), E1-E4. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09831

Abbot, P, Abe, J, Alcock, J, Alizon, S, Alpedrinha, JAC, Andersson, M, Andre, J-B, van Baalen, M, Balloux, F, Balshine, S, Barton, N, Beukeboom, LW, Biernaskie, JM, Kofoed, TB, Borgia, G, Breed, M, Brown, S, Bshary, R, Buckling, A, Burley, NT, Burton-Chellew, MN, Cant, MA, Chapuisat, M, Charnov, EL, Clutton-Brock, T, Cockburn, A, Cole, BJ, Colegrave, N, Cosmides, L, Couzin, ID, Coyne, JA, Creel, S, Crespi, B, Curry, RL, Dall, SRX, Day, T, Dickinson, JL, Dugatkin, LA, El Mouden, C, Emlen, ST, Evans, J, Ferriere, R, Field, J, Foitzik, S, Foster, K, Foster, WA, Fox, CW, Gadau, J, Gandon, S, Gardner, A, Gardner, MG, Getty, T, Goodisman, MAD, Grafen, A, Grosberg, R, Grozinger, CM, Gouyon, P-H, Gwynne, D, Harvey, PH, Hatchwell, BJ, Heinze, J, Helantera, H, Helms, KR, Hill, K, Natalie, J, Johnstone, RA, Kacelnik, A, Kiers, ET, Kokko, H, Komdeur, J, Korb, J, Kronauer, D, Kümmerli, R, Lehmann, L, Linksvayer, TA, Lion, S, Lyon, B, Marshall, JAR, McElreath, R, Michalakis, Y, Michod, RE, Mock, D, Monnin, T, Montgomerie, R, Moore, AJ, Mueller, UG, Noë, R, Okasha, S, Pamilo, P, Parker, GA, Pedersen, JS, Pen, I, Pfennig, D, Queller, DC, Rankin, DJ, Reece, SE, Reeve, HK, Reuter, M, Roberts, G, Robson, SKA, Roze, D, Rousset, F, Rueppell, O, Sachs, JL, Santorelli, L, Schmid-Hempel, P, Schwarz, MP, Scott-Phillips, T, Shellmann-Sherman, J, Sherman, PW, Shuker, DM, Smith, J, Spagna, JC, Strassmann, B, Suarez, AV, Sundström, L, Taborsky, M, Taylor, P, Thompson, G, Tooby, J, Tsutsui, ND, Tsuji, K, Turillazzi, S, Ubeda, F, Vargo, EL, Voelkl, B, Wenseleers, T, West, SA, West-Eberhard, MJ, Westneat, DF, Wiernasz, DC, Wild, G, Wrangham, R, Young, AJ, Zeh, DW, Zeh, JA & Zink, A 2011, 'Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality', Nature, vol. 471, no. 7339, pp. E1-E4. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09831

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