Packet 5: Tossup 5

This parameter is plotted along a line running from mu to A in a “geometric” method developed by Alan Grafen. This parameter and competition are assumed to be locally enhanced for a viscous population in a method of estimating this parameter named for Goodnight and Queller. According to one theory, unusual asymmetries in this parameter within a population drive the evolution of eusociality. A less-than-average “negative” form (-5[1])of this parameter often arises (-5[1])from the emergence of (15[1])(*) spiteful genes. One behavior (-5[2])is favored (-5[1])if (-5[1])“this parameter times (-5[1])benefit minus (10[1])cost (10[1]-5[1])is greater than (10[1])zero,” per (10[1])Hamilton’s (10[2])rule. (-5[2])In a pedigree, (-5[1])this parameter (-5[1])equals one-eighth (-5[1])for (10[1])cousins and one-half (10[5])for full-siblings. (10[3])For 10 points, what parameter denoted (-5[1])r measures the genetic similarity between individuals? (10[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[14]0[1])

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