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kin selection

the evolutionary strategy that favours the reproductive success of an organism's relatives, even at a cost to the organism's own survival and reproduction
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kin selection

Summary

kin selection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (663 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • kin selection is a type of biological selection[2].
  • kin selection's facet of is recorded as evolutionary biology[3].

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Definition and Type

kin selection is a type of biological selection[2].

Why It Matters

kin selection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (663 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[4] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

Related Entities

evolutionary biology

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → evolutionary biology
    Subclass of → biological selection
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29456, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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