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SUMMARY:Michael Bentley (Leeds): The dynamics of natural selection
DESCRIPTION:Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection explains th
 e  appearance of design in the natural world. Darwin reasoned that because
   natural selection favours the accumulation of traits that improve  survi
 val and reproduction in biological  populations\, individuals will consequ
 ently evolve to appear as if  designed to maximise their reproductive succ
 ess. In contemporary  evolutionary theory\, this logic is captured in abst
 ract mathematical  terms by the Price equation – a mathematical statemen
 t of  the change in phenotypes in a population brought about by the action
  of  natural selection. This equation derives from an abstract description
   of selection first given by George R. Price in 1970. It forms the  found
 ations of many theoretical frameworks in evolutionary  biology\, including
  quantitative genetics\, kin selection theory\, and  multi-level selection
  theory. In recent years\, however\, the explanatory  power of the Price e
 quation has been called into question\, and a  disconnect between major th
 eoretical frameworks in  evolutionary theory has emerged. In this talk\, I
  will revisit the  foundations of Price’s work and propose that an expan
 ded version of his  framework leads to a unification of different branches
  evolutionary  theory.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/100416/michael-bentley-leeds-the-dyna
 mics-of-natural-selection/
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