The units of selection¶
Lewontin, R. C. (1970). The units of selection. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1-18.
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Primes¶
- Downward Causation
- From a purely bottom-up view, individual cells make "fate choices" based on local molecular state and immediate signaling environment.
This sourceEstablishes the units-of-selection framework; supports D19-088 (foundational units-of-selection framing underlying multilevel analysis).
- From a purely bottom-up view, individual cells make "fate choices" based on local molecular state and immediate signaling environment.
- Holism
- Units of selection and evolutionary holism: Lewontin (1970)
This sourceLewontin units of selection foundational for multilevel analysis.
- Units of selection and evolutionary holism: Lewontin (1970)
- Selection-Visibility Gate
- Selection is usually described as acting on variants; it acts on consequences, and only on those consequences that are expressed, exposed, or otherwise accessible at the moment selection operates.
This sourceStates the conditions for selection as phenotypic variation, differential fitness and heritability of fitness, so selection acts on expressed phenotypic differences rather than on variants as such.
- Selection is usually described as acting on variants; it acts on consequences, and only on those consequences that are expressed, exposed, or otherwise accessible at the moment selection operates.
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