inclusive fitness

Meaning

Noun

  • the number of offspring equivalents an individual rears, rescues or otherwise supports through its behavior (regardless of who begets them).

Origin

  • Coined by W. D. Hamilton in his 1964 paper "The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour".

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