Assertion: drift | /r/HasProperty | deviation
Facets:
value: from the expected levels of reproduction
type: OTHER
value: simply
type: MANNER
value: from selective expectations
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: It was already noted above (see section 2.3) that the outcome-only definition of drift is often adopted by statisticalists, but not exclusively so; it can also be endorsed by a causalist who, e.g., believes that natural selection is a causal process but that drift is simply deviation from selective expectations.
text: He maintains that “Drift is any deviation from the expected levels of reproduction due to sampling error” whereas “Selection is differential reproduction that is due to (and in accord with) expected differences in reproductive success” (2005: 168–9).