SURVIVAL OF FITTEST
Kris Tyrrell
Kst%pluto.decnet at hc3.dhmc.dartmouth.edu
Thu Aug 31 22:31:28 EST 1995
stgprao at sugarland.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini) wrote:
>This is a circular term.
>It is not always possible to foresee what trait enhances
>survival, so fitness is whatever survives.
The correct term is survival of the fit. This means everyone/everything
that is afforded the oportunity to reproduce, Has survived and is,
therefore, fit.
K.Tyrrell
More information about the Bioforum
mailing list