Unit of Selection is a theoretical entity within evolutionary biology that serves as the primary level at which natural selection acts, distinguished by exhibiting variation, heritability, and differential fitness among competing entities in a population.
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Richard C Lewontin · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1970 · 1.9K citations
IS THE GENE THE UNIT OF SELECTION?
Ian R. Franklin, Richard C Lewontin · Genetics · 1970 · 285 citations
Artifact, Cause and Genic Selection
Elliott Sober, Richard C Lewontin · Philosophy of Science · 1982 · 283 citations
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