You want to test whether reciprocity explains the evolution of mobbing behavior in birds

You have two sources of birds to choose from: (A) a group of birds from your lab that all originated from the same mating pair, and (B) a group of presumably unrelated birds from the wild. Briefly justify your answer.

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ANS:
Group (B). Since you are testing reciprocity as a mechanism, you want to exclude potential effects of inclusive fitness.

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