Article
Variability in fitness effects and the limitations of fitness optimization
2017-02-11
Abstract excerpt
Evolutionary biologists commonly assess the evolutionary advantage of an allele based on its effects on the lifetime survival and reproduction of individuals. However, alleles affecting traits like sex, evolvability, and cooperation can cause fitness effects that depend heavily on differences in the environmental, genetic, and social context of individuals carrying the allele. This variability makes it difficult t...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c80823a6-0f0a-534a-ac54-7c8d8c754c21
- DOI
- 10.1101/107847