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Thanks lucaspa, that link is interesting, but it is mainly theoretical, luckily, I`ve found the answer (a more practical answer) I need in this other: http://myxo.css.msu.edu/ecoli/srvsrf.html Essentially, the Malthusian fitness has the form Ln[N(t)/N(0)]/t; and is likely the 'absolute' fitness of a genotype. The Darwinian (W) and the selection coefficient (s) could be derived from it, easily: W = mA/mB s = mA-mB where A and B refers to two competing genotypes.

Hi everybody! Could anybody explain me the relation between the selection coefficient, the Malthusian fitness and the Darwinian fitness? I'm reviewing some papers and the authors uses one or another without explaining anything. How can I convert this parameters? Thanks!