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Selection and covariance.
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This is a preliminary communication describing applications to genetical selection of a new mathematical treatment of selection in general.Abstract:
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Parsimony Pressure Made Easy: Solving the Problem of Bloat in GP
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One equation to rule them all: a philosophical analysis of the Price equation
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