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Tautology and Natural Selection

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07-21-2003 2:01 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by JustinC
07-21-2003 1:37 AM

So can fitness be defined as an organisms ability to leave a certain amount of viable offspring in a given environment?
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I believe that is exactly how it is currently defined. Fitness is a measure of the reproductive success of an individual.
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