適應度
適應度(英語:Fitness),又可稱適存度或生殖成就,是生物學,特別是群體遺傳學、數理生物學中用來描述擁有某一特定基因型的個體,在繁殖上的成功率或能力。假如帶有不同基因型的個體擁有不同的適應度,那麼這些基因型的比例將會在世代交替之後有所變動。而造成這種比例變動的機制是自然選擇(天擇)。
參考文獻
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延伸閱讀
- Sober, E. (2001). The Two Faces of Fitness. In R. Singh, D. Paul, C. Krimbas, and J. Beatty (Eds.), Thinking about Evolution: Historical, Philosophical, and Political Perspectives. Cambridge University Press, pp.309-321. Full text