Fecundity selection
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Fecundity selection
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Fecundity selection, also known as fertility selection, is the fitness advantage resulting from selection on traits that increases the number of offspring. Charles Darwin formulated the theory of fecundity selection between 1871 and 1874 to explain the widespread evolution of female-biased sexual size dimorphism (SSD), where females were larger than males. Along with the theories of natural selection and sexual selection, fecundity selection is a fundamental component of the modern theory of Dar
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Mode of natural selection
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2024-03-17T02:17:08Z
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