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Evolutionary Adaptation , adaptive value(Darwinian fitness, fitness, selective value) The balance of genetic advantages and disadvantages that determines the ability of an ind… selection coefficient , selection coefficient (s) A measure of the relative excess or deficiency of adaptive value of a genotype compared with another genotype in the popula… Fitness , Fitness is a central concept of evolutionary biology. We will consider individual fitness, followed by fitness as applied to alleles or genotypes.
Th… Inclusive Fitness , inclusive fitness The adaptive value (fitness) of an individual, taking account not only of that individual's own success, but also of the success of… Physical Fitness , fitness When we speak, perhaps with a hint of envy, of a ‘fit’ young man or woman — and even more when we refer, with undisguised admiration, to a ‘f… socket , socket •adit •bandit, pandit •accredit, credit, edit, subedit •Chindit • conduit •audit, plaudit •pundit • refit • misfit • benefit •profit, prophet,…
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