Fisher the evolutionary biologist

被引：34

作者：

Grafen, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oxford, St Johns Coll, Oxford OX1 3JP, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES D-THE STATISTICIAN | 2003年 / 52卷

关键词：

adaptation through gene frequency change alone; fundamental nature of fundamental theorem; genetical theory of natural selection; licensed anthropomorphism; truth of fundamental theorem;

D O I：

10.1111/1467-9884.00362

中图分类号：

O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];

学科分类号：

020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;

摘要：

Fisher's pioneering work in linking Darwinism and Mendelism is now built into biology, but the result that he viewed as holding the 'supreme position in biology', the fundamental theorem of natural selection, has a more chequered history. Recent work has shown the theorem to be true, despite many earlier refutations, but its interpretation has been in doubt. I defend Fisher's own evaluation of its significance and argue that it shows that non-random gene frequency changes are always adaptive, and that adaptation arises only through gene frequency changes: this is Fisher's 'genetical theory of natural selection'.

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页码：319 / 329

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