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Wild, Gardner & West reply

Geoff Wild (), Andy Gardner and Stuart A. West
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Geoff Wild: University of Western Ontario
Andy Gardner: † Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK
Stuart A. West: University of Oxford

Nature, 2010, vol. 463, issue 7283, E9-E10

Abstract: Abstract Replying to: M. J. Wade et al. Nature 463, 10.1038/nature08809 (2010) We previously showed how inclusive-fitness theory separates various components of selection on parasite virulence1. Wade et al. 2 do not seem to dispute our results or make new predictions. Instead, they state that insufficient attention was given to multilevel-selection theory2. However, we pointed out the links to multi-level selection1, and we believe that a misunderstanding has arisen because they have fundamentally conflated selection and adaptation.

Date: 2010
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