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>"Survival of the species" isn't a basis for selection. It will not lead to a gene becoming more prevalent in a population of interbreeding individuals. Well,
by meindnoch 2y ago
>"Survival of the species" isn't a basis for selection. It will not lead to a gene becoming more prevalent in a population of interbreeding individuals.
Well, "species" is but a loosely defined set of genes.
- pfdietz 2y agoAnd group selection cannot increase the frequency of a gene in that collection.