Re: Ernst Mayr: Where Are We (1976)



John Edser wrote:

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> JE:-
> Given the empirically true fact that all genomic gene fitness in nature
> remain epistatic and therefore 100% dependently selectable whereas the
> opposite is assumed within population genetics oversimplified models
> that have ended up providing evolutionary theory with everything from
> Haldane's (false) Dilemma to Hamilton's heuristic rule that was misused
> to determine when organism fitness altruism could evolve in nature,
> where are we now in 2005? Why hasn't a theory of heritable epistatic
> gene fitness been developed allowing a minimally VALID simplified model
> of TWO loci with two alleles that are dependently and not independently
> selected at the empirically true, single, fertile organism level of
> selection?
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> Regards,
>
> John Edser

You (and others) might find this article interesting: "Genetic
Variation for Total Fitness in Drosophila melanogaster. Complex Yet
Replicable Patterns."

http://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/full/169/3/1553

I think genetics' content is free after three months so it should be
available now.
ErikW

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