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SweetFreedom Posted 11 years ago
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Giving it twice as good a chance of life as that of the other individuals, yet the chances would be strongly against its survival？
Does "giving it twice as good a chance of life as that of the other individuals, yet the
chances would be strongly against its survival" tell us "more life opportunities/chances, less likely one survives"?
Context:
This is rather an extreme
estimate for most of the higher animals, but by no means so for
many of the lower organisms. He then shows that if a single
individual were born, which varied in some manner, giving it twice
as good a chance of life as that of the other individuals, yet the
chances would be strongly against its survival. Supposing it to
survive and to breed, and that half its young inherited the
favourable variation; still, as the Reviewer goes onto show, the
young would have only a slightly better chance of surviving and
breeding; and this chance would go on decreasing in the
succeeding generations. The justice of these remarks cannot, I
chances would be strongly against its survival" tell us "more life opportunities/chances, less likely one survives"?
Context:
This is rather an extreme
estimate for most of the higher animals, but by no means so for
many of the lower organisms. He then shows that if a single
individual were born, which varied in some manner, giving it twice
as good a chance of life as that of the other individuals, yet the
chances would be strongly against its survival. Supposing it to
survive and to breed, and that half its young inherited the
favourable variation; still, as the Reviewer goes onto show, the
young would have only a slightly better chance of surviving and
breeding; and this chance would go on decreasing in the
succeeding generations. The justice of these remarks cannot, I
Top answer
SweetFreedom Does "giving it twice as good a chance of life as that of the other individuals, yet the chances would be strongly against its survival" tell us "more life opportunities/chances, less likely one survives"? I need more of the discussion or a better understanding of evolutionary biology, but I don't think so. It seems to be discussing the survival advantage (if any) of extreme genetic variation.
- SweetFreedom Does "giving it twice as good a chance of life as that of the other individuals, yet the chances would be strongly against its survival" tell us "more life opportunities/chances, less likely one survives"?
- I need more of the discussion or a better understanding of evolutionary biology, but I don't think so.
- It seems to be discussing the survival advantage (if any) of extreme genetic variation.
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SweetFreedomDoes "giving it twice as good a chance of life as that of the other individuals, yet the chances would be strongly against its survival" tell us "more life opportunities/chances, less likely one survives"?I need more of the discussion or a better understanding of evolutionary biology, but I don't think so. It seems to be discussing the survival a
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Sorry. Failed to get you.
" against its survival", against an organism's survival?
" against its survival", against an organism's survival?
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SweetFreedom" against its survival", against an organism's survival?Yes. One of a population whose mutation is advantageous, but too extreme in some way...perhaps. I am not an expert.
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