Fitness (often denoted w {\displaystyle w} or ω in population genetics models) is a quantitative representation of individual reproductive success. It...
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physical fitness Fitness (biology), an individual's ability to propagate its genes Fitness (cereal), a brand of breakfast cereals and granola bars Fitness (magazine)...
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In evolutionary biology, fitness landscapes or adaptive landscapes (types of evolutionary landscapes) are used to visualize the relationship between genotypes...
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Water aerobics (redirect from Aquatic fitness)
TRAINING PROGRAM ON CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS". Biology of Sport. Retrieved 2013-11-10. Duxbury, Andrew (2006-02-28). "Water Fitness". About.com. Retrieved 2008-01-07...
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evolutionary biology, inclusive fitness is one of two metrics of evolutionary success as defined by W. D. Hamilton in 1964: Personal fitness is the number...
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Exercise equipment (redirect from Fitness equipment)
Specification for Fitness Equipment, a fitness industry-wide communications specification Exercise machine Fitness (biology) Fitness trail, a path with...
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In biology, altruism refers to behaviour by an individual that increases the fitness of another individual while decreasing their own. Altruism in this...
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Natural selection (redirect from Selection (biology))
that beneficial mutation occurring. In biology, competition is an interaction between organisms in which the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of...
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Mutation (redirect from Distribution of fitness effects)
2006). "Inferring the distribution of mutational effects on fitness in Drosophila". Biology Letters. 2 (3): 426–30. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0481. PMC 1686194...
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Epistasis (section Fitness landscapes and evolvability)
epistasis is a necessary condition for multi-peaked fitness landscapes" (PDF). Journal of Theoretical Biology. 272 (1): 141–4. Bibcode:2011JThBi.272..141P....
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reproductive rate than others (fitness), and they pass on these genetic features to their offsprings. In evolutionary developmental biology, scientists look at how...
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VO2 max (section Multi-stage fitness test)
the actual V̇O2 max. Confusion between the values in older and popular fitness literature is common. The capacity of the lung to exchange oxygen and carbon...
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Outline of evolution (redirect from Outline of evolutionary biology)
a taxon by the death of its last member Fitness (biology) – Expected reproductive success Inclusive fitness – Measure of evolutionary success based on...
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Adaptation (redirect from Adaptation (biology))
OCLC 30975979. Endler, John A. (1986). "Fitness and Adaptation". Natural Selection in the Wild. Monographs in Population Biology. Vol. 21. Princeton University...
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In biology, polymorphism is the occurrence of two or more clearly different morphs or forms, also referred to as alternative phenotypes, in the population...
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evolutionary fitness, in animal behaviour, and, as discussed below, also as some kind of causal role or goal in the philosophy of biology. A functional...
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Evolutionary Transitions in Fitness and Individuality. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-05011-9 "Philosophy of biology". Internet Encyclopedia...
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In evolutionary biology, a spandrel is a phenotypic trait that is a byproduct of the evolution of some other characteristic, rather than a direct product...
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University, and the City College of New York), studying agriculture, fitness, biology, sociology, and history, but he never completed a degree. His wide...
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Evolutionary pressure (category Evolutionary biology)
heritable diseases depending on what specific breed they encompass. Fitness (biology) – Expected reproductive success Survival of the fittest – Phrase to...
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Exercise (redirect from Exercise/Physical Fitness)
Exercise is physical activity that enhances or maintains fitness and overall health. It is performed for various reasons, including weight loss or maintenance...
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Sex (redirect from Sexuality (biology))
he can survive with such handicaps, the male is advertising his genetic fitness to females—traits that will benefit daughters as well, who will not be...
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occurs when organisms suffer decreased fitness in their typical conditions in exchange for increased fitness in stressful conditions. Biological bet...
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Synthetic biology (SynBio) is a multidisciplinary field of science that focuses on living systems and organisms, and it applies engineering principles...
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In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through...
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Allee effect (category Mathematical and theoretical biology)
effect is a phenomenon in biology characterized by a correlation between population size or density and the mean individual fitness (often measured as per...
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Population genetics (category Evolutionary biology)
and among populations, and is a part of evolutionary biology. Studies in this branch of biology examine such phenomena as adaptation, speciation, and...
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Rescue effect (section Rescue effect and fitness)
dispersers and hence have high immigration rates. A reduction in the fitness (biology) of a population is a direct consequence of its low diversity which...
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Outdoor fitness consists of exercise undertaken outside a building for the purpose of improving physical fitness. It contrasts with exercise undertaken...
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Developmental biology Digital organism Estimation of distribution algorithm Evolutionary robotics Evolved antenna Fitness approximation Fitness function Fitness landscape...
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