According to Hamilton's rule, it is the _____ that benefits from an altruistic act.
A) family
B) gene
C) individual
D) species

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Hamilton's rule states that an altruistic act is only beneficial to an individual's fitness if the benefit to the recipient multiplied by the degree of relatedness between the two individuals is greater than the cost to the donor. This means that the evolutionary advantage of altruism lies in the increased transmission of shared genes, rather than any benefit to the individual or family as a whole. Therefore, the gene is the primary beneficiary of altruistic acts according to Hamilton's rule.

According to Hamilton's Rule, It Is the _____ That Benefits