fitness component
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffitnessandcomponent
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fitness
noun[U]
uk/ˈfɪt.nəs/us/ˈfɪt.nəs/
the condition of being physically strong ...
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component
noun[C]
uk/kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/us/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
a part that combines with other parts to form ...
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(Definition offitnessandcomponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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According to our definition, at the subsystem level eachfitnesscomponentis identified with one element.
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A central assumption in the present study is that cystacanth volume is afitnesscomponentfor acanthocephalans.
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This suggests the possibility of a trade-off between mating activity and another malefitnesscomponent, which bears further investigation.
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Elements affecting many fitness components simultaneously are critical, as a change may affect the performance of the system to a larger extent than elements influencing only onefitnesscomponent.
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The value of a givenfitnesscomponentof an individual is assumed to be an exponential quadratic function of the effective number, ne, of mutations which it carries.
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Elements which influence only onefitnesscomponentcan be optimized within subsystems, while elements that influence a number of fitness components need to be evaluated at a higher level.
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At equilibrium, it is not obvious how net fitness is composed from eachfitnesscomponent, or how it corresponds to fitnesses estimated using the discrete model.
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Comparisons of both male and female fitness components in all three genotypes might be necessary, especially in populations exhibiting morphological evidence of partial male sterility.
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The balancer procedure allows comparisons of the values of fitness components for chromosomal homozygotes and heterozygotes.
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We now discuss briefly some strengths and weaknesses of this approach, and ways in which it might be elaborated to investigate fitness components.
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Its effect on most fitness components in our study may, therefore, be limited.
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Sample sizes were too small to test the relationship between relative error variance and skewness for the various fitness components individually.
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Another possibility is that the effects of mutations on net fitness may be more recessive than their effects on individual fitness components.
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There is no simple fitness measure which precisely describes the effects of the various fitness components on genotype frequencies throughout the invasion.
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It is important to distinguish between fitness components and fitness.
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Neither do they support the idea that genetic variance for fitness components is maintained by trade-offs.
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In natural populations, both early- and life-life fitness components may be under strong selection.
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Therefore, a translation into the fitness components earliness and resistance was needed.
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