Figure 10
From: Correcting some common misrepresentations of evolution in textbooks and the media
Why fecundity (the Neo-Darwinian index of ‘fitness’) alone does not assure better representation in the next generation. It depends on survivability, that is to say, adaptive ‘fitness’, which is what Darwin was talking about. The underlined numbers convey the differential in success under hard and soft selection. See text for explanation.