All forms of selection involve individuals with inherited

Last updated: 8/28/2023

All forms of selection involve individuals with inherited genetic differences competing within a population Selection outcomes are determined by fitness a measure of Genotypes that are advantageous to fitness are positively selected causing an individuals with that genotype over time When a genotype is disadvantageous to fitness selection will in frequency of the frequency of individuals with that genotype over time One possible outcome of selection is fixation which means that a particular of a given gene is the only one present in the population