fitnessthe relative ability of an
organism to survive and
transmit its genes to the next generation
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990.
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Full article >>>Fitness (often denoted
w
in
population genetics models) is a central concept in
evolutionary
theory.
Full article >>>SYN:
adaptive value, relative
Darwinian fitnessThe relative reproductive success of a
genotype as measured by
survival;
fecundity or other life history parameters. See
Darwinian fitness and
natural selection.
Full article >>>Fitness landscapes in
evolutionary optimization
Apart from the field of
evolutionary biology, the concept of a
fitness landscape has also gained importance in
evolutionary optimization methods such as genetic algorithms or
evolutionary strategies.
Full article >>>FitnessAlso called
adaptive value. The relative reproductive success of a
genotype as measured by
survival,
fecundity or other life history parameters. See
Darwinian fitness and
natural selection.
Related Terms:
Genotype ...
Full article >>>fitness A measure of an individual's ability to survive and reproduce; the chance that an individual will leave more
offspring in the next generation than other individuals.
Full article >>>Fitness is a measure of reproductive success. Those individuals who leave the largest number of mature
offspring are the fittest. This can be achieved in several ways: ...
Full article >>>fitnessThe genetic contribution of an individual to succeeding generations relative to the contributions of other individuals in the
population.
fixed
action pattern ...
Full article >>>fitness Degree of adjustment and suitability for a particular
environment.
Full article >>>Fitness-proportionate
selection: More fit individuals are more likely, but not certain, to be selected.
Full article >>>Fitness: Lifetime reproductive success of an individual (i.e., the total number of
offspring who themselves survive to reproduce). It can be seen as the extent to which an individual successfully passes on its genes to the next generation.
Full article >>>environmental
fitness: an individual's ability to adapt to an
environment and reproduce.
enzymes:
proteins that catalyze the chemical reactions within
cells.
eosinophils:
white blood cells whose functions are uncertain.
Full article >>>Adaptation: a condition or
character which afford
fitness to a
species in a particular
environment.
Adaptive radiation:
evolutionary divergence of members of a single phyletic line into many different
niches.
Full article >>>certainty by experimental means either: even if the two proposed
species inter
breed in captivity, this does not demonstrate that they would freely inter
breed in the wild, nor does it always provide much information about the
evolutionary
fitness of ...
Full article >>>The red ball indicates a
population that moves from a very low
fitness value to the top of a peak
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In
population genetics the
evolution of a
population of
organisms is sometimes depicted as if travelling on a
fitness landscape.
Full article >>>Selfish
DNA A
DNA sequence that does not contribute to the
fitness of an
organism but is maintained in the
genome because it promotes its own
replication.
Full article >>>The project's operational
objective is to provide judges with tools by means of which to exercise their gatekeeping duties for scientific evidence. Those duties include, but are not limited to, determination of the
fitness of the evidence for ...
Full article >>>This is because they are the least able to tolerate
mutational change without substantially reducing the
fitness of the individuals that harbor them. Many of these very conserved genes play a role in development.
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