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A General Statistical Method for Identifying Adaptations by Parameterizing Trait Space.

Artificial life - 1 Jan 2016

Blount Drew

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It is obviously useful to think of evolved individuals in terms of their adaptations, yet the task of empirically classifying traits as adaptations has been claimed by some to be impossible in principle. I reject that claim by construction, introducing a formal method to empirically test whether a trait is an adaptation. The method presented is general, intuitive, and effective at identifying adaptations while...

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PMID: 26934094
DOI: 10.1162/ARTL_a_00200

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