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As an ethologist, with a principal interest in animal behaviour and its relation

to natural selection, he popularized the idea that the gene is the principal

[[unit of selection]] in evolution. This gene point of view also provides a basis for understanding [[Kin selection|Kin Selection]] which was originally suggested by [[ J. B. S. Haldane]] and expanded by [[W.D.Hamilton]]

Dawkins has been one of the major proponents of [[Sociobiology|sociobiological theory]]