W. D. Hamilton's Inclusive Fitness Hypothesis States That

W. D. Hamilton's inclusive fitness hypothesis states that:

A) total fitness depends only on the number of viable offspring an organism produces.
B) the number of viable offspring sired contributes less to total fitness than the number of related offspring an individual helps to rear.
C) total fitness is influenced to a large extent by helping to rear unrelated offspring.
D) total fitness is influenced only by the extent to which an individual helps to rear offspring of blood relatives.
E) both one's own offspring and the benefits received from helping to raise related offspring contribute to total fitness.