Multiple choice

An altruistic behavior in which, an individual or donor performs an act that helps another individual or the recipient with no apparent advantage to itself is called_____?

  1. kin selection

  2. allelopathy

  3. mutualism

  4. cooperation

  5. altruism

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Explanation

Kin selection is 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. Kin altruism is altruistic behaviour whose evolution is driven by kin selection. Kin selection is an instance ofinclusive fitness, which combines the number of offspring produced with the number an individual can produce by supporting others, such as siblings.