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R.A. F isher's gene‐centred view of evolution and the Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection
Author(s) -
Edwards A. W. F.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
biological reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.993
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1469-185X
pISSN - 1464-7931
DOI - 10.1111/brv.12047
Subject(s) - natural selection , fundamental theorem , natural (archaeology) , selection (genetic algorithm) , mathematical economics , gene selection , gene , philosophy , evolutionary biology , mathematics , biology , epistemology , pure mathematics , genetics , computer science , artificial intelligence , fixed point theorem , gene expression , paleontology , microarray analysis techniques
The background to R.A. Fisher's enunciation of his Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection in 1930 is traced and the Theorem in its original form explained. It can now be seen as the centrepiece of Fisher's introduction of the gene‐centred approach to evolutionary biology. Although this paper is a sequel to Edwards (1994) it is not a review of the recent literature on the Theorem, to which, however, reference is made at the end.