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fitness

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Fitness is an academic concept within evolutionary biology that quantifies the reproductive success of an organism or genotype relative to others in a population. It investigates the differential survival and reproduction of individuals or lineages, representing their capacity to contribute genes to future generations. Its key characteristics include being a relative measure that is context-dependent and linked to adaptive traits, making it fundamental to understanding the mechanisms of natural selection and evolutionary change.

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The University of Sydney

AP

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

JC

University of Washington

LW

The University of Western Australia

TC

University of Cambridge

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University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cornell University

Ithaca, United States

University of Washington

Seattle, United States

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