Talk:Frequency-dependent selection

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I've added a technical template. The summary is very dense, especially since the topic matter is very niche in the domain. Also this sentence in particular

 Frequency-dependent selection can lead to polymorphic equilibria, which result from interactions among genotypes within species, in the same way that multi-species equilibria require interactions between species in competition (e.g. where αij parameters in Lotka-Volterra competition equations are non-zero). Frequency-dependent selection can also lead to dynamical chaos when some individuals' fitnesses become very low at intermediate allele frequencies.

...is so dense with jargon that it may not even be useful to a non-technical reader. I believe the goal is college level prerequisite knowledge. I would rewrite but I believe I lack the required domain knowledge. audiodude (talk) 15:28, 3 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

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