Re: Experiment - Peshwari cat and Peshwari pig [LONG Post]
From: Perplexed in Peoria (jimmenegay_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 08/03/04
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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 04:25:07 +0000 (UTC)
"Bob O'Hara" <bob.ohara@NOSPAM.helsinki.fi> wrote in message news:cels02$176s$1@darwin.ediacara.org...
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> > Question #10. What is Hamilton's b? Again, answer both
> > ways. Please indicate how you calculated this.
> >
> b is the difference between being a beneficiary and not being a
> beneficiary, when your own phenotype is the same in the two cases. It
> can therefore be calculated in two ways: w_NB-w_NN or w_HB-w_HN. In
> both cases (and with both fitness measures), we get b=0.05.
Well, we seem to agree on theory, but to disagree on arithmetic. ;-)
> > Question #11. Is it to be expected that the gene(s)
> > for helpfulness are increasing in frequency in this
> > population?
>
> c=0.05, rb= 0.05 x 0.5 = 0.025, so this suggests that it shouldn't be
> increasing.
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