jimmenegay{at}sbcglobal.net (Jim Menegay) wrote 

> > > > > The point is that Hamilton's theory says that my
tendency to be 
> > > > > altruistic toward my brother is the same whether I
should expect
> > > > > him to share the gene at the 55% level or the 95% level.
> > > > 
> > > > I must be completely missing your point.  I don't see 
> > > > how Hamilton's theory says specifically this. 
> > > 
> > > Really? It seems pretty clear to me that with the formula rb>c
> > > and with r being calculated by IBD (in the absense of inbreeding)
> > > that the frequency of the gene in the population plays no part
> > > in it.
> > 
> > You lost me here.  I can't make any sense of this.  Honestly.
> 
> Hmmm...  Then I must have misinterpreted what you meant by "this" when
> you wrote:
> > > > I must be completely missing your point.  I don't see 
> > > > how Hamilton's theory says specifically this. 
> Perhaps the source of confusion was my use of the word "expect".  I
> was referring to mathematical expectation here, not mental states.

Sorry, I still don't get it.  Maybe I'm just dense.

Jim
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