Perhaps it has to do with termite biology—a queen with this gene’s chances of survival would be significantly higher, now that I think about it.
The standard explanation of eusociality. Since workers don’t reproduce, they can’t be selected upon. It’s not group selection if the ‘group’ is just one individual.
The standard explanation of eusociality. Since workers don’t reproduce, they can’t be selected upon. It’s not group selection if the ‘group’ is just one individual.
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. That should have occurred to me originally. I’ll remove the post, since it’s just noise.