The Success of Altruistic Behavior Hinges on the Ability to Distinguish

Multiple Choice

The success of altruistic behavior hinges on the ability to distinguish kin from unrelated individuals.Hamilton proposed that an allele that produces a distinctive trait (i.e.,the greenbeard effect) ,along with altruistic behavior directed at the bearers of this trait,could drive such an altruistic allele to high frequencies in a population.This scenario has been discovered and studied in ________.

A) black-tailed prairie dogs
B) red squirrels
C) Belding's ground squirrel
D) slime molds