Timeline for How is "selection" best defined?
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| Mar 29, 2019 at 14:10 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Mar 29, 2019 at 13:55 | comment | added | David | Consult a dictionary to see the meaning of the word, and then apply it to the context of interest, which you is not defined in the question, although I don't think it has anything to do with who is playing in a sporting event. | |
| Nov 5, 2017 at 4:46 | comment | added | sterid | Re my comment about Fisher, I was referring to what he wrote in this paper (DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1972.tb00764.x), "Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection is mathematically correct but less important than he thought it to be." | |
| Nov 5, 2017 at 3:26 | comment | added | sterid | I have a couple of intro books and I haven't seen that equation. What do those variables mean? | |
| Nov 4, 2017 at 23:49 | comment | added | Remi.b | It really is a very standard equation. You'll find it in any good intro book to population genetics. It was published by Fisher at the beginning of the 20th century. I am a bit lazy to find the original paper but in any case, I would rather recommend to read an intro book than Fisher papers (Fisher is not really an easy to read author)! | |
| Nov 4, 2017 at 18:47 | comment | added | sterid | @Remi.b What do those terms represent? Also, would you provide a citation please? | |
| Nov 4, 2017 at 12:21 | comment | added | Remi.b | I don't think the so called Fisher's fundamental principle of NS is questioned by Price equation (but I might be wrong). Consider for example this simple equation for haploid selection $$p(t+1) = \frac{W_Ap(t)}{W_Ap(t) + W_aq(t)}$$ For more equations and explanations, please just have a look at an intro book to population genetics. | |
| Nov 4, 2017 at 9:42 | comment | added | sterid | @Remi.b Would you please put into a response what NS's accurate mathematical definition is? My understanding is that Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection has been subjected to some controversy as a result of Price. | |
| Aug 16, 2017 at 21:10 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBiology/status/897928683775721472 | ||
| Aug 11, 2017 at 10:26 | answer | added | fileunderwater | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 11, 2017 at 4:17 | comment | added | Remi.b | @sterid All the standard Fisher's equations of natural selection. Have a look at any intro book to population genetics (Books on population or evolutionary genetics?) | |
| Jun 11, 2017 at 4:05 | comment | added | sterid | @Remi.b So what is NS's accurate mathematical definition? | |
| Jun 10, 2017 at 14:55 | comment | added | Remi.b | @comprehensible I am not sure I understand the relationship between "can it ever be right to kill?" and "How is “selection” best defined?". IMO (see my answer), Wikipedia does not offer a good short format definition of natural selection. NS is, mathematically speaking, very accurately defined. There is left to phrase it correctly. I don't think there's much nuance. I am not sure what you mean by nuance though as your example depends only upon ones set of values (philosophy > value theory). | |
| Jun 10, 2017 at 5:35 | comment | added | bandybabboon | see wiki evolution page. its a nuanced question like "can it ever be right to kill?" | |
| Jun 10, 2017 at 4:11 | comment | added | Remi.b | Related: What is the relationship between sexual and natural selection? and What does fitness really mean? | |
| Jun 10, 2017 at 3:42 | comment | added | The Last Word | if a trait is beneficial to the host, then the chances are that it would be chosen by natural selection. | |
| Jun 10, 2017 at 3:31 | answer | added | Remi.b | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 10, 2017 at 3:21 | history | asked | sterid | CC BY-SA 3.0 |