Talk:Fitness (biology)
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Isn't lifetime reproductove success a measure of fitness? What about r , the natural rate of increase?
I've redirected "reproductive success" to this page as they're pretty similar concepts, so it might be good to mention the term somewhere and any differences in the uses of the terms. Joe D (t) 21:45, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
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It describes the capability of an individual of certain genotype to reproduce
- I think that might not be broad enough. I guess chemical evolution isn't considered part of biology, but "fitness" in this sense could be applied to that, too. And "reproduction" only applies to things that reproduce. Horizontal gene transfer is not really reproduction, for instance, but a bacteria that transfers its genes in this way is more fit than one that doesn't. — Omegatron 16:53, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
