SELECTION IN REFERENCE TO BIOLOGICAL GROUPS .I. INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SELECTION APPLIED TO POPULATIONS OF UNORDERED GROUPS
SELECTION IN REFERENCE TO BIOLOGICAL GROUPS .I. INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SELECTION APPLIED TO POPULATIONS OF UNORDERED GROUPS
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10.1071/bi9670127
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
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GRIFFING, B
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GRIFFING, B
A selection theory designed to accommodate interactions among genotypes is presented. This involves defining unordered groups of genotypes among which interactions may occur, and describing populations of groups generated as combinatorial products of base populations. Gene models are developed which consist not only of direct contributions of the genotypes they represent but also of associate effects from other genotypes in the group. With the use of group theory procedures, consequences of individual and group selection are investigated. It is found that individual selection is unbalanced in the sense that positive selection can result in a negative response of the population mean. On the other hand, it is demonstrated that group selection is balanced and as such invariably leads to desirable results. Thus positive group selectionalways produces non-negative responses, and continued selection results in a realization of the maximum potential of the population.