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Is it mostly true that predators or parasites traverse wider spatial areas than their prey or hosts?

How to determine the evolution of a dimension of fitness that has high variability of selection intensity?

Isn't heritability more important to genic capture than just genetic variance?

How is "selection" best defined?

When analyzing whether selection favors an allele that allocates indiscriminately, should the initial frequency of the allele be considered?

What is the necessary criterion for the maintenance of signaling honesty?

Is the suicide of a moribund individual to be considered group selection?

What is the conversion between r and FST?

Overall, for the most part, which is more important--capturing prey or surviving predators or parasites?

What is Hamilton's rule for multiple generations?

How would you model the evolution of two genotypes across generations?

Can the value of heritability be greater than 1?

Does anyone know of a study supporting predictions #2 or #9 of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis?

What, other than genetic factors, influence which individual survives a parasite and which perishes?

Use numbers or algebra when introducing an evolutionary biology concept?

Interpretation of table on analysis of genetic diversity between groups

Abilities used to survive against natural enemies: directional selection or frequency-dependent selection?

Is it appropriate to say "selection of" or "selection for" an allele that evolves by genetic hitchhiking?

Is it trivial to assume a version of Hamilton's rule that applies for numerous generations?

What is it called when there is natural truncation selection?

Does the term "fitness advantage" or "fitness disadvantage" make sense?

What metric(s) is a good proxy for relatedness?