Consider a Situation in Which an Offspring Helps Its Parents

question 243

Multiple Choice

Consider a situation in which an offspring helps its parents (degree of relatedness = 0.50) , who gain a fitness benefit of 10.According to Hamilton's rule, it would be adaptive for the offspring to help its parents when the fitness cost to the offspring performing the help is

• A) less than 8.
• B) less than 5.
• C) equal to 7.
• D) greater than 5.
• E) greater than 10.

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