That's What He Said
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What is the selfish gene? It is not just one single physical bit of DNA. Just as in primeval soup, it is _____ of a particular bit of DNA.
What are "all replicas"?
The probability that a particular gene is possessed by two identical twins.
What is 1 (one-hundred percent)?
The definition of begot.
What is to sire/to procreate.
“There is a 50% chance that the sperm that begot your sister received the gene G.”
The term Dawkins uses to describe the relation of a sibling versus a cousin to a specific organism.
What is degrees of relatedness?
The main theme of the chapter and reason Dawkins posits for an organism (purposefully) being altruistic, including dying for another.
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Even a gene that is rare in the population as a whole is ____ within a family
What is "common"?
The probability that your full brother or full sister possesses an identical copy of one of your genes.
What is ½ (50%)?
The definition of the noun onus.
What is burden/blame?
What is an organism saving multiple relatives because they outweigh the benefit of saving only one "closer" relative?
The meaning behind Dawkins calling individuals “life-insurance underwriters.”
What is individuals are expected to invest or risk a certain proportion of their own assets in the life of another individual?
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Kin selection is emphatically not a special case of ____
What is "group selection"?
The probability that your first cousin possesses an identical copy of a specific gene of yours.
What is ⅛ (12.5%)?
The definition of the noun actuary.
What is a clerk/registrar/person who calculates dividends?
The idea Dawkins uses to portray the example of individuals risking their own life under the condition that enough relatives benefit.
What is cost-benefit analysis?
The reason schools of whales work together to raise injured calves to the surface to help them breathe.
What is that "the overall probability that a random member of the school is a relative is so high that the altruism is worth the cost"?
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[Dawkins’ simplified model of relatedness] works for all simple cases, but breaks down where _____ occurs, and in certain insects.
What is "incestuous mating"?
The generation distance between A and B is B is A’s uncle.
What is 3?
The definition of the adjective itinerant.
The ultimate term Dawkins uses for the example that even though animals do not calculate relatedness, they still behave in ways that maximize their genetic success.
What is genesmanship?
The decision and reasoning for whether to give up your life for your identical twin.
What is you would not because only you can be certain you have your own genes?
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By the luck of ____, it is possible for particular pairs of brothers to share more or fewer genes…
What is "meiotic draw"?
The generation distance between A and B if they are each others’s first cousins.
What is 4?
The definition of the noun diatribe.
What is ironic or satirical criticism?
The made-up trait Dawkins comes up as an example for a "gene" that allows individuals to recognize and help other individuals with the same phenotypical trait.
What is the green beard effect?
Despite grandchildren and grandparents having equal relatedness to one another, Dawkins posits this factor to describe the selective advantage of grandparents being altruistic for grandchildren than vice versa.
What is greater expectation of life?