Study Questions for Levels of Selection


1. Under what conditions will group selection overwhelm the force of individual selection?


2. What is the appropriate level of selection to consider for behavioral traits and why? Pick the most appropriate level or levels and explain your choice. (this covers the whole lecture and the section's discussion group -- it would be suitable for a short essay).


3. Why are social hymenoptera predisposed to "altruism" more so than most other organisms?

4. What is the whole-organism approach and what is its most cutting argument regarding genic selection.