kin selection

English

Etymology

Coined by John Maynard Smith in 1964 in a Nature paper titled "Group Selection and Kin Selection".

Noun

kin selection (uncountable)

1. (biology) An evolutionary strategy that favors an individual organism's close kin over itself.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: sukulaisvalinta
• French: sélection de parentèle f
• Polish: dobór krewniaczy m