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Scientists have found that dying millionaires are more likely to leave their fortunes to close genetic relatives than distant relatives or strangers. what concept best explains this?

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The situation in which dying millionaires are more likely to leave their fortunes to close genetic relatives than distant relatives or strangers best explains the concept of kin selection. According the kin selection a gene causes an individual to behave altruistically towards its relatives.
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