Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Fisher's_fundamental_theorem_of_natural_selection
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gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
gptkbp:appliesTo additive genetic variance
gptkbp:clarifiedBy gptkb:George_Price
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Sewall_Wright
gptkbp:describes rate of increase in fitness of a population
gptkbp:doesNotAccountFor dominance
environmental variance
epistasis
gptkbp:field evolutionary biology
gptkbp:form dW/dt = VA/W
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Ronald_A._Fisher
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:modern_evolutionary_synthesis
quantitative genetics
gptkbp:misunderstoodAs statement about total fitness increase
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Genetical_Theory_of_Natural_Selection
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:natural_selection
population genetics
gptkbp:sometimesComparedTo gptkb:second_law_of_thermodynamics
gptkbp:state The rate of increase in fitness of any organism at any time is equal to its genetic variance in fitness at that time.
gptkbp:yearProposed 1930
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ronald_Fisher
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4