Fitness

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Food Biotechnology

The survival value and the reproductive capability of an individual, compared to that of competitor individuals of the same or other species within a population or an environment.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture

The ability to survive to reproductive age and produce viable offspring. Fitness also describes the frequency distribution of reproductive success for a population of sexually mature adults.

USDA CSREES — Glossary of Biotechnology Terms