Re: Logic of kin selection

From: Anon. (bob.ohara_at_NOSPAM.helsinki.fi)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:32:42 -0500 (EST)

Perplexed in Peoria wrote:
> "Joe Felsenstein" <joe@removethispart.gs.washington.edu> wrote in message news:cu6tv8$1agh$1@darwin.ediacara.org...
>
>>In article <cu1ot5$2od7$1@darwin.ediacara.org>,
>>Perplexed in Peoria <jimmenegay@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>>I claim that, as an assumption vital to Hamilton's rule, it must be
>>>the case that the incidence of the behavior is uncorrelated with the
>>>genetics of the recipient. That is, I claim that rb>c is only valid
>>>for behaviors that are unilateral - that is, the "donor" is "active"
>>>in determining whether the behavior eventuates, whereas the "recipient"
>>>is "passive".
>>>[snip]
>>
>>OK, it does then point out the need for a more generalized statement of
>>Hamilton's Rule, one that accomodates both this case and the usual one.
>>Let's be of good cheer and attempt one. The result would be an improvement
>>and a wider validity of the (now generalized) rule.
>>
>>I suspect this needed generalization is actually out there somewhere in
>>the Hamiltonian literature, but don't know all those papers well enough
>>to know. So another useful venture would be to find it.
>
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have easy access to a good research library
> that would permit me to do the searching. However, I suspect
> that this generalized rule, if it exists, will be much more
> complicated than Hamilton's rule.
>
I wonder if it's in Trivers' reciprocal altruism paper? If I can find
some free time tomorrow, I might try and check.

Bob 

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