Altruistic behavior in animals may be a result of kin selection, a theory maintaining that:
a. genes are more likely to persist within a population when they cause behaviors that assist other animals who share those genes.
b. companionship is advantageous to animals because in the future they can recognize those companions that helped them in the past and can request help from them once again.
c. companionship is advantageous to animals because in the future they can recognize those companions that helped them in the past and can provide help to those individuals.
d. aggression between sexes increases the survival and reproduction of the fittest individuals.
e. aggression within sexes increases the survival and reproduction of the fittest individuals.
Ans: a. genes are more likely to persist within a population when they cause behaviors that assist other animals who share those genes.
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