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A demographic approach to selection
Pages 52-57

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From page 53...
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From page 56...
... ~ populations The[1nesse~Rnates~eba obtained,in terms of population growth rates and relating Darwinian [tnesscs. maLc sense in D~h1 of Rabat He know boultbe population g~nedcsoftheinversion polymorphism.
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... lo the Age at which o~pri~Il~ are produced. tJnforiun~le~ our [[ history tables do not include male made success and tab omission ~ a newness of our appro~b.
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Key Terms

  • population growth
  • genetic equilibrium
  • natural selection
  • demographic theory
  • stable genetic

  • population cage
  • darwinian fitness
  • history tables
  • gene frequency
  • unstable genetic

  • intrinsic rate
  • equilibrium gene
  • single locus
  • gene frequencies
  • frequency changes

  • history table
  • imagine experiments
  • values separately
  • uncrowded conditions
  • fundamental concepts

  • cage begun
  • attracted considerable
  • expanded coverage
  • preadult viability
  • include male

  • theory brings
  • population geneticists
  • equilibrium predicted
  • successor book
  • selection developed


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