A working model of natural selection illustrated by table tennis
Issue 349 | Page 43 | Published Jun 2013
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This article provides an active model of natural selection by means of a table tennis analogy. The analogy used is that only undamaged balls, representing genotypes compatible with the environment in every generation, can be hit over the net and make a contribution to the gene and genotype frequencies of the next generation. In contrast, squashed balls fail to go over the net and cannot contribute to the gene pool of the next generation.
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