shmulik Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 (edited) Hello,Does the Price Equation, when it comes to explain how the altruism trait can spread throughout the population, break down if a group has only one individual who has the trait?In other words, when applying the Price Equation to altruism, is there a lower bound beyond which the Equation doesn't work? If the Equation needs more than one altruistic individual (and actually many individuals) within the group, is it not the case that the Price Equation is a non starter when is comes to explain how altruism can spread within the population? Here's a link to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_equation BTW, I also posted the question in the Biology Section, but I didn't get any answers. Thanks Edited June 17, 2013 by shmulik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 ! Moderator Note There are responses in the other thread http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/75914-price-equation-and-altruism/ Locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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