The evolution of eusociality

被引：699

作者：

Nowak, Martin A. ^{[1
]}

Tarnita, Corina E. ^{[1
]}

Wilson, Edward O. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Math, Dept Organism & Evolutionary Biol, Program Evolutionary Dynam, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Harvard Univ, Museum Comparat Zool, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

NATURE | 2010年 / 466卷 / 7310期

关键词：

DIVISION-OF-LABOR; GROUP-SELECTION; KIN SELECTION; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; COOPERATION; ALTRUISM; POLYMORPHISM; HYMENOPTERA; MULTILEVEL;

D O I：

10.1038/nature09205

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Eusociality, in which some individuals reduce their own lifetime reproductive potential to raise the offspring of others, underlies the most advanced forms of social organization and the ecologically dominant role of social insects and humans. For the past four decades kin selection theory, based on the concept of inclusive fitness, has been the major theoretical attempt to explain the evolution of eusociality. Here we show the limitations of this approach. We argue that standard natural selection theory in the context of precise models of population structure represents a simpler and superior approach, allows the evaluation of multiple competing hypotheses, and provides an exact framework for interpreting empirical observations.

引用

页码：1057 / 1062

页数：6