Medical Dictionary
fitness
noun fit·ness \ˈfit-nəs\
Medical Definition of FITNESS
: the capacity of an organism to survive and transmit its genotype to reproductively fertile offspring as compared to competing organisms; also : the contribution of an allele or genotype to the gene pool of subsequent generations as compared to that of other alleles or genotypes
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