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The first point—increased mate choice—seems to invalidate the second. At least to my understanding, a larger population makes genetic drift less likely to fix o
by weeksie 12y ago
The first point—increased mate choice—seems to invalidate the second. At least to my understanding, a larger population makes genetic drift less likely to fix on a trait.
- api 12y agoMy point was pretty general -- that there are multiple overlapping mechanisms at work, and some poorly understood. People often have this really simple flat "survival of the fittest" view of evolution, and that isn't accurate.