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

Kin selection spreads

James P Higham  1
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Editorial

Kin selection spreads

James P Higham. Elife. .

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.

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JH No competing interests declared

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