Evolution, population dynamics, and stability: A comment

William M. Schaffer

doi:10.1016/0040-5809(77)90015-6

Evolution, population dynamics, and stability: A comment

William M. Schaffer

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Abstract

A recently proposed criterion for community coevolution is shown to be equivalent to requiring that a mutant have a positive selective advantage if it is to spread through a population. This is one of the basic conclusions of deterministic population genetics.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	326-329
Number of pages	4
Journal	Theoretical Population Biology
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-5809(77)90015-6
State	Published - Jun 1977

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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