Kin selection spreads

Elife. 2022 Nov 24:11:e84142. doi: 10.7554/eLife.84142.

Abstract

By spending more time around infants which physically resemble their own, mandrill mothers may increase how frequently their offspring interact with their paternal half siblings.

Keywords: ecology; evolution; evolutionary biology; indirect fitness; kin selection; mandrillus sphinx; primate.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Mother-Child Relations*
  • Sibling Relations*