Definition for Kin selection

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1) Selection for behaviour that lowers an individual's own fitness but enhances the reproductive success of a relative.

2) 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.

See also: Kin altruism