Interpretations arising from Wrightian and Malthusian fitness under strong frequency dependent selection

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Authors
  • A. Traulsen
Publication date 2013
Journal Ecology and Evolution
Volume | Issue number 3 | 5
Pages (from-to) 1276-1280
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract Fitness is the central concept in evolutionary theory. It measures a phenotype's ability to survive and reproduce. There are different ways to represent this measure: Malthusian fitness and Wrightian fitness. One can go back and forth between the two, but when we characterize model properties or interpret data, it can be important to distinguish between them. Here, we discuss a recent experiment to show how the interpretation changes if an alternative definition is used.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.500
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