Darwiniin
Darwiniin is a fictional compound used in educational contexts and thought experiments to illustrate principles of Darwinian evolution and population genetics. It is not a real chemical or biological agent. The term is employed to model how increased heritable variation and altered fitness might influence the rate and trajectory of adaptation in populations governed by natural selection and genetic drift.
The name combines the surname Darwin with the chemical-sounding suffix -iin, signaling an imaginary agent that
In typical scenarios, Darwiniin is assumed to affect the generation or transmission of heritable variation. In
Uses include classroom simulations, computational population-genetics models, and discussions of how variation, selection, and drift interact.
Related topics include Darwinian selection, experimental evolution, mutation and fitness landscapes.