Introduction to natural selection

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Introduction

Genetic systems and fitness : Neutral equilibria ; Nonrandom mating systems ; Selection coefficients and fitness ; Estimating s and w ; Life tables and fitness ; Mean life expectancy and fitness ; Reproductive values ; Heterozygosity and selection ; Other pathways to ∆q ; Terminology

Evidence for selection : Cryptic, mimetic, and warning patterns ; Sexual selection ; Clines and area effects ; Studies from natural populations : Two or more autosomal loci ; Sex-linked loci ; Mother-child combinations ; Within-generation multiple samples ; Between-generation multiple samples. Studies in the laboratory ; Restructuring genotypes ; Proteins and selection

The balanced polymorphism, or the non-neutral equilibria

Selection coefficients in natural populations

Varying fitness and the unit of selection

Quantitative traits and the selection effect

Selection in retrospect and prospect