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Perhaps a tribe with some of each did especially well, or perhaps when one version grew rarer, it was favored, so that the strong did well when most people were tireless or vice versa an idea known as frequency-dependent selection.

When Genes Write the Athletic Playbook Matt Ridley 2011

There is also theory behind frequency-dependent selection, but it beyond the scope of this article.

The Panda's Thumb: EvoMath Archives 2010

A successful response to this challenge must be based on an explicit recognition of its existence, as made by Graumlich 1993 in her response surface approach, and of its frequency-dependent nature.

Juckes and Covariance PCs « Climate Audit 2006

My definition of well-educated for laypersons is whether you can explain a frequency-dependent selection model, a phylogenetic tree, and why humans are taxonomically classified as an ape.

The Panda's Thumb: October 2005 Archives 2005

She also clearly takes the trouble to inform herself well beyond the usual lay level e.g., about frequency-dependent selection models so as to be able to make informed judgments of who to trust as a reliable authority.

Education Law and Evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2005

My definition of well-educated for laypersons is whether you can explain a frequency-dependent selection model, a phylogenetic tree, and why humans are taxonomically classified as an ape.

Education Law and Evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2005

My definition of well-educated for laypersons is whether you can explain a frequency-dependent selection model, a phylogenetic tree, and why humans are taxonomically classified as an ape.

Education Law and Evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Finally, Orr dismisses the hypothesis that psychopathy is a product of frequency-dependent selection, which he calls "an esoteric evolutionary phenomenon."

'The Blank Slate': An Exchange Pinker, Steven 2003

Many biologists believe that in ecology and social evolution, frequency-dependent selection is the rule, not the exception.

'The Blank Slate': An Exchange Pinker, Steven 2003

As Pinker well knows, my point was that his adaptive tale is extravagant relative to the alternative hypothesis: Pinker thinks psychopathic behavior is an adaptive cheater strategy maintained by a special force called frequency-dependent selection, which, in this case, works only in large populations.

'The Blank Slate': An Exchange Pinker, Steven 2003