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WINNER TAKES ALL? SOCIAL CONTROL OF REPRODUCTION IN CO-OPERATIVE BREEDERS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2001

Peter Cotgreave
Peter Cotgreave
Affiliation:
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY
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Abstract

Why would a female animal forego her opportunity to pass on her own genes into the next generation and, instead, help to raise somebody else's young? One potential answer comes in the form of kin-selection. If the youngsters she helps to rais e are related to her, then they will share some of her genes, and it may pay to invest in them rather than attempting to breed herself.

Type
ZSL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS: SHORT REPORTS
Information
Journal of Zoology , Volume 244 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 155 - 156
Copyright
© 1998 The Zoological Society of London

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