Population viscosity can promote the evolution of altruistic sterile helpers and eusociality.

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Titre
Population viscosity can promote the evolution of altruistic sterile helpers and eusociality.
Périodique
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London series B
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Lehmann L., Ravigné V., Keller L.
ISSN
0962-8452 (Print)
ISSN-L
0962-8452
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
275
Numéro
1645
Pages
1887-1895
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Because it increases relatedness between interacting individuals, population viscosity has been proposed to favour the evolution of altruistic helping. However, because it increases local competition between relatives, population viscosity may also act as a brake for the evolution of helping behaviours. In simple models, the kin selected fecundity benefits of helping are exactly cancelled out by the cost of increased competition between relatives when helping occurs after dispersal. This result has lead to the widespread view, especially among people working with social organisms, that special conditions are required for the evolution of altruism. Here, we re-examine this result by constructing a simple population genetic model where we analyse whether the evolution of a sterile worker caste (i.e. an extreme case of altruism) can be selected for by limited dispersal. We show that a sterile worker caste can be selected for even under the simplest life-cycle assumptions. This has relevant consequences for our understanding of the evolution of altruism in social organisms, as many social insects are characterized by limited dispersal and significant genetic population structure.
Mots-clé
Altruism, Animals, Biological Evolution, Competitive Behavior, Diploidy, Female, Haploidy, Male, Models, Genetic, Population Dynamics, Reproduction, Selection, Genetic
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Web of science
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30/04/2008 15:43
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