some people would say, well there's
selection for individuals, and those individuals carry
properties, and therefore it's not the properties,
it's the individuals that that are selected.
But in,
selection is basically that these properties allow,
because they are selected for, they, they
contribute to the overall fitness of individuals,
leaving more offspring in the next generation.
And then, natural selection can be seen as a filter for amongst individuals.
and for the genes of those that
those individuals carry for any particular trait.
Now we, we, we infer,
in many instances one can see change in phenotype through
time, and one then, therefore infers that
somehow or other that phenotype is conveying greater fitness.
But one has to demonstrate that through experimentation, because some properties
can go along for the ride.
So, they can be genetically linked to other properties, so you
can pro, you can select for property A, and then property D,
C and F are, are linked genetically to A, and they too
will change, but yet they are not the locus of natural selection.