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QEF-O-DIFF

Differential Retention

Changes in variant proportions caused by differences in persistence or survival, rather than differences in producing new instances.

CandidatePrinciple family
Super rootTime and Change
Root familySelection Processes
Parent familyNot assigned
Principle familyDifferential Retention

Includes

  1. Variants retained for different durations when replacement or reproduction rates are equal or absent.

Excludes

  1. Frequency change caused only by unequal reproduction with equal survival.
  2. Retention as a guarantee of progress toward a human goal.

Direct proposed-role assignments

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Complete family record
Family id
QEF-O-DIFF
Label
Differential Retention
Aliases
None recorded
Stack
Ontological
Level
principle_family
Parent ref
QEF-O-SELECT
Definition
Changes in variant proportions caused by differences in persistence or survival, rather than differences in producing new instances.
Includes
  1. Variants retained for different durations when replacement or reproduction rates are equal or absent.
Excludes
  1. Frequency change caused only by unequal reproduction with equal survival.
  2. Retention as a guarantee of progress toward a human goal.
Status
candidate
Provenance refs
None recorded