> The survival of the individual is exactly what is being selected for. The influence of an individual gene is not distinguishable from those that are packaged

> The survival of the individual is exactly what is being selected for. The influence of an individual gene is not distinguishable from those that are packaged with it. Here is a counterexample where a gene or set of genes jumped ship and untethered itself from the individual they were originally embedded in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_facial_tumour_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_facial_tumour_disease