Meaning Darwinian fitness
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Darwinian fitness


A measure of the relative contribution of an individual to the gene pool of the next generation.
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Darwinian fitness


proposed by Charles Darwin, the general achievement of a certain living being or genotype in generating viable offspring, which is established via natural selection.
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The true measure of evolutionary change of an organism. Darwinian fitness refers to the numerical advantage of having offspring. The individual with the most offspring has the higher fitness. The reasons can be chance or natural selection and are not important to measure fitness. It is often equated with survival of the fittest, which is often mean [..]
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Darwinian fitness


The relative likelihood that an organism will survive and pass on its Genes to the next Generation in comparison to organisms with a different Gene or Genotype. It is a mathematically calculable ratio [..]
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Darwinian fitness


The relative reproductive ability of a genotype.
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Differential reproduction, in terms of the number of genes an individual passes to the next generation. Density-dependent factor:
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The relative probability of survival and reproduction for a genotype see fitness.
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