fitness Flashcards
1
Q
what is fitness an indication of?
A
an individual’s ability to be successful at surviving and reproducing
2
Q
what is absolute fitness?
A
ratio of frequencies of a population genotype from one generation to the next
3
Q
how to calculate absolute fitness?
A
frequency of a particular genotype after selection(divided by)
Frequency of a particular genotype before selection
4
Q
what is relative fitness?
A
ratio of surviving offspring of one genotype compared with other genotypes
5
Q
how to calculate relative fitness?
A
number of surviving offspring of a population of a particular genotype (divided by)
number of most successful genotype
