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Philosophy of biology

question of which entities, such as genes, organisms or groups, natural selection acts upon, framed by the conditions of variation, heredity and differential fitness.

In philosophy of biology, units of selection refers to question of which entities, such as genes, organisms or groups, natural selection acts upon, framed by the conditions of variation, heredity and differential fitness. This meaning comes from Lewontin (1970) in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics.[1]

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References

Lewontin, R. C. (1970). The Units of Selection. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.es.01.110170.000245

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