Inclusive fitness forces of selection in an age-structured population

Abstract Hamilton’s force of selection acting against age-specific mortality is constant and maximal prior to the age of first reproduction, before declining to zero at the age of last reproduction. The force of selection acting on age-specific reproduction declines monotonically from birth in a gro...

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Main Authors: Mark Roper, Jonathan P. Green, Roberto Salguero-Gómez, Michael B. Bonsall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05260-9