Hamilton explained the origin of altruism in selected insect societies with his kin selection model of sex determination. Since males are haploid and females are diploid, the workers share a very high proportion of alleles, theoretically as high as 75%. What is this called? 

A. diploidy
B. haploidy
C. haplodiploidy
D. parthenogenesis
E. altruism


C. haplodiploidy

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