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Causal Processes, Fitness, and the Differential Persistence of Lineages

Causal Processes, Fitness, and the Differential Persistence of Lineages

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Causal Processes, Fitness, and the Differential Persistence of Lineages

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Causal Processes, Fitness, and the Differential Persistence of Lineages

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Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press

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Philosophy of science, 2008-12, Vol.75 (5), p.560-570

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English

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Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press

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Ecological fitness has been suggested to provide a unifying definition of fitness. However, a metric for this notion of fitness was in most cases unavailable except by proxy with differential reproductive success. In this article, I show how differential persistence of lineages can be used as a way to assess ecological fitness. This view is inspire...

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Causal Processes, Fitness, and the Differential Persistence of Lineages

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_37259672

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_37259672

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ISSN

0031-8248

E-ISSN

1539-767X

DOI

10.1086/594507

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