… When we measure phenotypic selection in natural populations, we compare the phenotypic
distribution at one time with the phenotypic distribution at some later time(s) …

… formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection, it is remarkable that no agreement
exists as to how it should be measured. Ideally we should … But it would also be insufficient. For …

… Such cases would be well wor ing, even though workers in the past may have been reluctant
to d If it is indeed insufficient to explain limits to natural selection overall genetic variation, …

… examples are such colonial insects as ants and honeybees). Sociality or altruism is difficult
to reconcile with natural selection based on the individual, but it is important in nature and for …

… , the basic notion of natural selection is remarkably simple and so … We suggest that
misconceptions about natural selection … process in general, and natural selection in particular, with …

… As I will argue in Chapters 3, 4, and 9, it is logically possible for selection to operate at … I
suggest that certain sorts of group selection are probably important. In practice, higher levels of …

… random drift to natural selection, I will be discussing only … , I will be contrasting natural
selection of parents and indiscriminate parent sampling. I could also contrast natural selection of …

… tionary biology about when it is appropriate to invoke natural selection as an explanation for
… are going over these criteria for invoking natural selection in such detail because they are …

… In the first section, entitled "Darwin's Natural Selection versus Paley's Natural Theology ", I
shall briefly comment upon the Darwinian revolution and on today's counter-revolution against …

… Moreover, they do not touch on those aspects of natural selection we consider essential. …
in understanding the nature and effect of mutations, which was sufficient for our purpose. …