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Natural Selection

Known as: Darwinian selection, Selection, Natural 
National Institutes of Health

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Biological EvolutionGenetic Selection
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Positive Natural Selection in the Human Lineage
Positive natural selection is the force that drives the increase in prevalence of advantageous traits, and it has played a… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Molecular signatures of natural selection.
  • R. Nielsen
  • Annual review of genetics
  • 2005
  • Corpus ID: 3063754
There is an increasing interest in detecting genes, or genomic regions, that have been targeted by natural selection. The… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Natural selection shaped regional mtDNA variation in humans
Human mtDNA shows striking regional variation, traditionally attributed to genetic drift. However, it is not easy to account for… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Genetic algorithms: principles of natural selection applied to computation.
A genetic algorithm is a form of evolution that occurs on a computer. Genetic algorithms are a search method that can be used for… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Statistical method for testing the neutral mutation hypothesis by DNA polymorphism.
The relationship between the two estimates of genetic variation at the DNA level, namely the number of segregating sites and the… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
THE MEASUREMENT OF SELECTION ON CORRELATED CHARACTERS
Natural selection acts on phenotypes, regardless of their genetic basis, and produces immediate phenotypic effects within a… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
NATURAL SELECTION AND RANDOM GENETIC DRIFT IN PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION
  • R. Lande
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1976
  • Corpus ID: 13398608
In discussions of the major features of evolution, Simpson (1953) applied population genetic models to the interpretation of the… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Mutation selection and the natural history of cancer
Survival of the rapidly renewing tissues of long-lived animals like man requires that they be protected against the natural… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Natural Selection of Parental Ability to Vary the Sex Ratio of Offspring
Theory and data suggest that a male in good condition at the end of the period of parental investment is expected to outreproduce… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism
  • R. Trivers
  • The Quarterly Review of Biology
  • 1971
  • Corpus ID: 19027999
A model is presented to account for the natural selection of what is termed reciprocally altruistic behavior. The model shows how… 
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