ANT211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unimodality, Hymenoptera, Inclusive Fitness
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Where animals vary, and where those variations are at least partly inherited, the less successful varieties will be eliminated, and the more successful will become relatively numerous. Because individuals vary in their traits, they differ in their reproductive success and variation in our traits. Depending on the environment in which we live, certain traits would be more advantageous than others. A successful organisms trait must be passed on to descendants. Idea that success is measured in terms of reproduction. In order to be a successful individual, you must produce sexual offspring, passing on your genes, and those offspring must then pass on the genes again. Definition = using the principles of natural selection and reproductive success, to explain all of human sexual behaviors through biology. Came about in the 1970"s, by io wilson. Began with ant colonies, he realized that individuals behave differently in order to reach the success of reproduction. The study of behavior based on darwinian paradigm.
