Generalization of the Price equation for evolutionary change.
The Price equation is recognized as a general statistical description of evolutionary change with the potential to represent diverse processes. Here we present a new structurally symmetric equation for change that allows for arbitrary causal connectivity between ancestors and descendants, accounts for previously unaddressed processes (such as migration), and yields the Price equation as a special case.
Kerr
Benjamin
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Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. kerrb@u.washington.edu
Godfrey-Smith
Peter
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D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D017753:Ecosystem; D008957:Models, Genetic; D011157:Population Dynamics