Lecture 2 - Life Evolved
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What is a population?
A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time
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What is biological fitness?
The ability of an individual to produce surviving, fertile
offspring relative to that ability in other individuals in the
population
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What is fitness?
A measurable quantity
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What does biological fitness estimate?
Relative fitness by comparing number of surviving offspring
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What is adaptation?
A heritable trait that increases an individual's fitness in a
particular environment relative to individuals lacking that
trait
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What is selection?
Differential reproduction as a result of heritable variation
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