The Genetics of Altruism

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages xi-xii
Acknowledgments, Pages xiii-xiv
List of Figures, Pages xv-xvii
List of Tables, Pages xix-xx
1 - The Evolutionary Roots of Sociality, Pages 1-31
2 - Mathematical Models for a Simple Cooperative Trait, Pages 35-77
3 - Cascade to Takeover by the Social Trait, Pages 78-96
4 - Dynamics of the Cascade Using the Two-Island Approximation, Pages 97-127
5 - The Cascade Continued—Initial Conditions and Global Dynamics, Pages 128-163
6 - General Models for Sib and Half-Sib Selection, Pages 167-196
7 - Axiomatization of Sib Selection Theories, Pages 197-223
8 - Alternative Combinatorial Models and the Status of the Hamilton Theory, Pages 224-267
9 - Models of Intergenerational Altruism, Pages 268-285
10 - Analysis of Group Selection in the Levins E = E(x) Formalism, Pages 289-321
11 - Group Selection of Founder Populations, Pages 322-335
12 - Conclusions, Pages 336-363
Technical Appendix: Genetics Background, Pages 365-375
Glossary, Pages 377-389
References, Pages 391-412
Author Index, Pages 413-420
Subject Index, Pages 421-459