--- _id: '1519' abstract: - lang: eng text: Evolutionary biologists have an array of powerful theoretical techniques that can accurately predict changes in the genetic composition of populations. Changes in gene frequencies and genetic associations between loci can be tracked as they respond to a wide variety of evolutionary forces. However, it is often less clear how to decompose these various forces into components that accurately reflect the underlying biology. Here, we present several issues that arise in the definition and interpretation of selection and selection coefficients, focusing on insights gained through the examination of selection coefficients in multilocus notation. Using this notation, we discuss how its flexibility-which allows different biological units to be identified as targets of selection-is reflected in the interpretation of the coefficients that the notation generates. In many situations, it can be difficult to agree on whether loci can be considered to be under "direct" versus "indirect" selection, or to quantify this selection. We present arguments for what the terms direct and indirect selection might best encompass, considering a range of issues, from viability and sexual selection to kin selection. We show how multilocus notation can discriminate between direct and indirect selection, and describe when it can do so. author: - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 - first_name: Maria full_name: Servedio, Maria last_name: Servedio citation: ama: Barton NH, Servedio M. The interpretation of selection coefficients. Evolution. 2015;69(5):1101-1112. doi:10.1111/evo.12641 apa: Barton, N. H., & Servedio, M. (2015). The interpretation of selection coefficients. Evolution. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12641 chicago: Barton, Nicholas H, and Maria Servedio. “The Interpretation of Selection Coefficients.” Evolution. Wiley, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12641. ieee: N. H. Barton and M. Servedio, “The interpretation of selection coefficients,” Evolution, vol. 69, no. 5. Wiley, pp. 1101–1112, 2015. ista: Barton NH, Servedio M. 2015. The interpretation of selection coefficients. Evolution. 69(5), 1101–1112. mla: Barton, Nicholas H., and Maria Servedio. “The Interpretation of Selection Coefficients.” Evolution, vol. 69, no. 5, Wiley, 2015, pp. 1101–12, doi:10.1111/evo.12641. short: N.H. Barton, M. Servedio, Evolution 69 (2015) 1101–1112. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:52:29Z date_published: 2015-03-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:51:20Z day: '19' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: NiBa doi: 10.1111/evo.12641 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: fd8d23f476bc194419929b72ca265c02 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:10:34Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:45:00Z file_id: '4822' file_name: IST-2016-560-v1+1_Interpreting_ML_coefficients_11.2.15_App.pdf file_size: 188872 relation: main_file - access_level: open_access checksum: b774911e70044641d556e258efcb52ef content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:10:35Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:45:00Z file_id: '4823' file_name: IST-2016-560-v1+2_Interpreting_ML_coefficients_11.2.15_mainText.pdf file_size: 577415 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:45:00Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 69' issue: '5' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 1101 - 1112 project: - _id: 25B07788-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '250152' name: Limits to selection in biology and in evolutionary computation publication: Evolution publication_status: published publisher: Wiley publist_id: '5656' pubrep_id: '560' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: The interpretation of selection coefficients type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 69 year: '2015' ...