Consider an altruistic behavior where a male helps his full brother (rs 0.5) obt

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Consider an altruistic behavior where a male helps his full brother (rs 0.5) obtain matings with females. The altruist brother gives up mating entirely, when he would have otherwise produced two offspring by himself. What is the MINIMUM increase in offspring produced by his brother (recipient) in order for Hamilton's rule to be satisfied? Select one: O a. 8 O b. 2 O c. 5 O d. 1 O e. 3 If the queen mates with multiple (unrelated males then kinship between a worker (female) and a future queen (sister) who has a different father changes to the following value Select one: O a. 0.25 O b. 0.75 O c. 0.0 O d. 1.0 O e. 0.5

Explanation / Answer

1. In order to satusfy Hamiltons rule, minimum of 2 number of offsprings should be produced.

2.it canges to 0

3. Females will evolve a clutch size that maximizes the difference between current reproductive success and costs to future reproduction.

4.Semelparity is favoured when survival of offspring is comparable to the survival of adults.

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