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ABSTRACT LI1 has pointed out, by means of a neat algebraic formulation, that Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection does not apply exactly in a discrete-generation
random-mating situation unless there is no dominance in fitness, and that the mean fitness cannot decrease from generation to generation for a single diallelic locus. Access through your
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