Kin recognition, also called kin detection, is an organism's ability to distinguish between close genetic kin and non-kin. In evolutionary biology and...

cost to the actor. Hamilton proposed two mechanisms for kin selection. First, kin recognition allows individuals to be able to identify their relatives...

prevent incest and promote kin selection. Social carpenter ants recognize their kin in many ways. These methods of recognition are largely chemical in nature...

used as a meter for kin recognition. Individuals can also use their own characteristics or phenotype as a template in kin recognition. For example, in one...

for kin to aggregate and for individuals to behave preferentially towards nearby kin, whether or not this behaviour is the result of kin recognition per...

Ratnieks, Francis L. W.; Gyllenstrand, Niclas; Thorén, Peter A. (2001). "Colony kin structure and male production in Dolichovespula wasps" (PDF). Molecular Ecology...

serve in identifying the individual's species, and more importantly, kin. Kin recognition occurs because each species has a unique cuticular hydrocarbon composition...

stingless bee species Trigona fulviventris can distinguish kin from non-kin through recognition of a number of compounds, including hydrocarbons and fatty...

mediated by genetic relatedness per se (see Human inclusive fitness and Kin recognition). Holland reviews fieldwork from social mammals and primates to show...

does play a role in kin recognition, the genetic differences in odor are thought to be more critical in kin recognition. Kin recognition is beneficial for...

involving common shelter, social dependence, information transfer and kin recognition. Cockroaches have appeared in human culture since classical antiquity...

mating with close kin. Advertisement vocalizations given by males appear to serve as cues by which females recognize kin. Kin recognition thus allows avoidance...

the roots to inhibit harmful microbes and promote the growth of self and kin plants. Plant root systems can grow to be complex due to a variety of species...

females with which they mated. P. carolina demonstrates altruistic behavior in kin feeding. Many Polistes females feed their own progeny preferentially to increase...

Related questions have been the domain of kin recognition theory. Holland notes that the name 'kin recognition' itself suggests some expectation that a...

from the nest. Research on second-generation bees illustrates that kin recognition of nest mates is not a genetically based behavior. Further, fratricide...

(2013). "Facial markings in the hover wasps: quality signals and familiar recognition cues in two species of Stenogastrinae". Animal Behaviour. 85: 203–212...

polymorphic scent signal of genetic identity that appears to underlie kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance. Thus, there are fewer matings between mice...

assumes the role of queen in a nest that is not hers. This may mean that kin recognition is not occurring in these circumstances. Though this is not common...

1093/beheco/arm026. Le Vin, A.L.; B.K. Mable; K.E. Arnold (May 2010). "Kin recognition via phenotype matching in a cooperatively breeding cichlid, Neolamprologus...

specialized tasks. Eusocial behaviour is thought to have evolved as a result of kin selection within monogamous colonies. In multiply mated colonies, the relatedness...

toward their kin than toward non-kin, the relevant proximate mechanisms that mediate this cooperation have been debated (see kin recognition), with some...

23%. Additionally, the lipids in the nest paper probably function in kin recognition among workers. The matter of sex ratio is related. Within the genus...

ensures that the queen's sons predominate. Experiments confirming the role of kin selection in worker policing demonstrate the effects of multiple matings...

the two groups include various social behaviours, trail following, kin recognition, and methods of communication. Cladistic analysis of five DNA sequences...

inbreeding occurs. This relatedness was measured among 216 queens. No kin recognition is seen in P. occidentalis. The wasps can differentiate between those...

Bella moth caterpillars may have the ability to recognize other larvae as kin, as larvae are less likely to intrude upon siblings than non-siblings established...

one of the two species of bumblebee observed to use pheromones in kin recognition. The other is the frigid bumblebee, Bombus frigidus. Bombus vancouverensis...

Compadre Filiation Fraternity Godparent Inclusive fitness in humans Kin recognition Kin selection Kinship terminology Law of adoption (Mormonism) Milk kinship...

indicates some sort of species-specific chemical cue that initiates recognition and incubation of a brood clump, as opposed to individual body odor or...