Fecundity selection

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Fecundity selection is the process by which differential reproductive success among individuals in a population is the result of phenotypic traits that contribute to the production of a higher number of offspring per reproductive episode. The theory of fecundity selection, also known as fertility selection, was formulated by Charles Darwin between 1871 and 1874.^[1] Along with the theories of natural selection and sexual selection, fecundity selection is a fundamental component of the modern theory of Darwinian selection.

The effects of fecundity selection have been studied with wild oats,^[2] sexual dimorphism in lizards^[3] and seabirds,^[4] and genetic phenomena in plants.^[5]

References

↑ Darwin, C. (1874). Descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: Murray.
↑ Clegg, M. T.; Allard, R. W. (1973). "Viability versus Fecundity Selection in the Slender Wild Oat, Avena barbata L". Science 181 (4100): 667–668. doi:10.1126/science.181.4100.667.
↑ Olsson, Mats; Shine, Richard; Wapstra, Erik; Ujvari, Beata; Madsen, Thomas (July 2002). "SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN LIZARD BODY SHAPE: THE ROLES OF SEXUAL SELECTION AND FECUNDITY SELECTION". Evolution 56 (7): 1538–1542. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01464.x.
↑ Serrano-Meneses, Martín-Alejandro; Székely, Tamás (June 2006). "Sexual size dimorphism in seabirds: sexual selection, fecundity selection and differential niche-utilisation". Oikos 113 (3): 385–394. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.14246.x.
↑ Cummings, Charity L.; Alexander, Helen M.; Snow, Allison A.; Rieseberg, Loren H.; Kim, Min Ju; Culley, Theresa M. (December 2002). "FECUNDITY SELECTION IN A SUNFLOWER CROP–WILD STUDY: CAN ECOLOGICAL DATA PREDICT CROP ALLELE CHANGES?". Ecological Applications 12 (6): 1661–1671. doi:10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1661:FSIASC]2.0.CO;2.

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