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Natural selection on fecundity variance in subdivided populations: kin selection meets bet hedging.

Genetics - 1 May 2007

Lehmann Laurent, Balloux François

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In a series of seminal articles in 1974, 1975, and 1977, J. H. Gillespie challenged the notion that the "fittest" individuals are those that produce on average the highest number of offspring. He showed that in small populations, the variance in fecundity can determine fitness as much as mean fecundity. One likely reason why Gillespie's concept of within-generation bet hedging has been largely ignored is the...

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PMID: 17339208
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.066910
PMCID: PMC1893054

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