Question 5

(Multiple Choice)

The success of altruistic behavior hinges on the ability to distinguish kin from unrelated individuals.Hamilton proposed that an allele that produces a distinctive trait (i.e.,the greenbeard effect),along with altruistic behavior directed at the bearers of this trait,could drive such an altruistic allele to high frequencies in a population.This scenario has been discovered and studied in ________.


A) black-tailed prairie dogs
B) red squirrels
C) Belding's ground squirrel
D) slime molds

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