Price Equation - Criticism On The Use of The Price Equation

Criticism On The Use of The Price Equation

A critical discussion of the use of the Price equation can be found in van Veelen (2005) "On the use of the Price equation" and van Veelen et al. (2012) "Group selection and inclusive fitness are not equivalent; the Price equation vs. models and statistics," . Unfortunately, van Veelen's criticism is misguided as the Price equation has long been noted as an identity--a mathematical tautology--and it need not be "predictive" in order to help clarify connections between abstract biological problems that require mathematical treatment A tutorial can be found at http://www.evolutionandgames.com/price.

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