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For less-fit riders, we need good infrastructure connecting those bikeable islands to transit.
We Need People Who Ride Bikes, Not Cyclists « PubliCola 2010
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The selective advantage in confounding involuntary matings, then, would be that a less-fit male would be less likely to mate successfully if forcefully with a given female, and the offspring would likely be more fit.
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The population multiplies all organisms at the same time, and more-fit organisms produce more viable offspring than than less-fit.
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If a species is at the top of one adaptive peak in an allele combination, how can it gradualistically cross a "valley" without negative selection quickly removing the resulting less-fit variants?
Pseudo-Rant: Population Genetics... Carlo Artieri 2006
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They grab it and run with it – all the while, defining anything that is ‘not-them’ unfit or less-fit.
Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: The end of the end of racism 2006
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Because of the stochastic nature of the breeding/selection process, less-fit individuals can still be selected for breeding.
Genetic Algorithms for Uncommonly Dense Software Engineers - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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There were some groans from the less-fit members of the little group.
The Fearful Summons Flinn, Denny Martin 1995
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There were some groans from the less-fit members of the little group.
The Fearful Summons Denny Martin Flinn 1990
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There were some groans from the less-fit members of the little group.
The Fearful Summons Denny Martin Flinn 1990
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There were some groans from the less-fit members of the little group.
The Fearful Summons Denny Martin Flinn 1990
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