Check your understanding of concepts from 9·5–9·9 Cooperation, selfishness, and altruism can be better understood with an evolutionary approach by answering the following questions.
1. Arguments that a morphological characteristic or behavior has evolved because it benefits the species or population are arguments for:
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2. Kin selection is defined as:
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3. In reciprocal altruism, individuals generally give up something of _____________________ in exchange for something of _____________________.
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4. Altruistic behavior in animals may be a result of kin selection, a theory maintaining that:
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5. Maternal diabetes is thought to be the consequence of:
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