The Idea of Inclusive Fitness Is Designed to Explain the Problem

question 27

Multiple Choice

The idea of inclusive fitness is designed to explain the problem that:

• A) evolution occurs at the level of the gene, not the individual
• B) altruism seems to contradict the principles of evolution
• C) altruism acts through the process of kin selection
• D) evolution involves maximizing transmission of common, not individual, genes

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