Natural Selection
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The concept of natural selection can be meaningful applied to other [[Units_of_selection|units of selection]], often characterized by | The concept of natural selection can be meaningful applied to other [[Units_of_selection|units of selection]], often characterized by | ||
| - | different scopes and levels, see [[Kin Selection]], [[Group Selection]] and [[Multilevel Selection]], if these levels are influenced by replicators. Natural selection acts on the genotype and selects | + | different scopes and levels, see [[Kin Selection]], [[Group Selection]] and [[Multilevel Selection]], if these levels are influenced by replicators. Natural selection acts on the genotype and selects always something which is replicated. This replicator can be a gene or meme. |
== Relaxed Selection == | == Relaxed Selection == | ||