Curriculum Vitae - Population Genetics and Bioinformatics
... My primary research goal is to understand the processes affecting the evolution of populations. Specifically, my goal is to obtain insights into the evolutionary forces that shape biodiversity. Biodiversity is organized at levels, forming a hierarchy: First, within a population, at the lowest level, ...
... My primary research goal is to understand the processes affecting the evolution of populations. Specifically, my goal is to obtain insights into the evolutionary forces that shape biodiversity. Biodiversity is organized at levels, forming a hierarchy: First, within a population, at the lowest level, ...
Species range expansion by beneficial mutations
... and with a given phenotypic effect. Those results form a foundation that we then use to study three basic questions about range expansions. First, where in a species’ range do mutations that cause range expansion occur? One might expect mutations that allow for adaptation to arise in the range centr ...
... and with a given phenotypic effect. Those results form a foundation that we then use to study three basic questions about range expansions. First, where in a species’ range do mutations that cause range expansion occur? One might expect mutations that allow for adaptation to arise in the range centr ...
1 - DrMillsLMU
... well. For example, within a species called the great tit, there is a behavioral variation in exploration. When there is limited food females with higher exploration scores have a higher chance of survival. However, when there is an abundance of resources they have a lower survival rate. The opposite ...
... well. For example, within a species called the great tit, there is a behavioral variation in exploration. When there is limited food females with higher exploration scores have a higher chance of survival. However, when there is an abundance of resources they have a lower survival rate. The opposite ...
how does stress affect the strength of selection on
... common intuition that stress increases selection, but we have also noted that these scenarios are not universal. There are other conceptual frameworks that lead one to believe that stresses may increase or decrease selection. One such framework is the ‘fitness-as-flux’ perspective in which fitness i ...
... common intuition that stress increases selection, but we have also noted that these scenarios are not universal. There are other conceptual frameworks that lead one to believe that stresses may increase or decrease selection. One such framework is the ‘fitness-as-flux’ perspective in which fitness i ...
Senescence as an Adaptation to Limit the Spread of
... senescence, it would suffer from the same essential limitation as the Weismann hypothesis: Why should it be less costly to create a new individual from seed than to restore those reproductive organs that were damaged by disease? Similarly, Travis (2004) models a mechanism for the evolution of progra ...
... senescence, it would suffer from the same essential limitation as the Weismann hypothesis: Why should it be less costly to create a new individual from seed than to restore those reproductive organs that were damaged by disease? Similarly, Travis (2004) models a mechanism for the evolution of progra ...
Chapter 23. MACROEVOLUTION: MICROEVOLUTIONARY
... that is left is a descriptive narration of historical events using informal folk categories. Each case of an evolutionary history may be unique, but the cases as a whole fall into patterns underlain by understandable processes. The patterns and common processes then tell us much about why each case ...
... that is left is a descriptive narration of historical events using informal folk categories. Each case of an evolutionary history may be unique, but the cases as a whole fall into patterns underlain by understandable processes. The patterns and common processes then tell us much about why each case ...
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... particular allele may leave more descendants than other individuals leave, just by chance. Over time, a series of chance occurrences can cause an allele to become more or less common in a population. drift. This kind of random change in allele frequency is called genetic drift. ...
... particular allele may leave more descendants than other individuals leave, just by chance. Over time, a series of chance occurrences can cause an allele to become more or less common in a population. drift. This kind of random change in allele frequency is called genetic drift. ...
Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality
... Evolutionary scientists have just scratched the surface of understanding the nature, details, and design features of evolved psychological mechanisms Modern conditions are undoubtedly different from ancestral conditions in many ways, and so what was adaptive in the past might not be adaptive today C ...
... Evolutionary scientists have just scratched the surface of understanding the nature, details, and design features of evolved psychological mechanisms Modern conditions are undoubtedly different from ancestral conditions in many ways, and so what was adaptive in the past might not be adaptive today C ...
Adaptive evolution of lateral plates in threespined stickleback
... and temporal changes in allele frequencies. These approaches are complementary, because although selection acts on phenotypes regardless of their genetic basis, the evolutionary response to selection is determined by the underlying genetic architecture of these traits. With the emergence of powerful ...
... and temporal changes in allele frequencies. These approaches are complementary, because although selection acts on phenotypes regardless of their genetic basis, the evolutionary response to selection is determined by the underlying genetic architecture of these traits. With the emergence of powerful ...
Developing Effective Gradient-Free Methods for Inverse Problems
... test case: Recover circular homogeneity (6 control parameters) Two different memetic algorithms proposed: – Lifetime Learning Local Search (LLLSDE) – Variation Operator Local Search (VOLSDE) ...
... test case: Recover circular homogeneity (6 control parameters) Two different memetic algorithms proposed: – Lifetime Learning Local Search (LLLSDE) – Variation Operator Local Search (VOLSDE) ...
Estimating the Form of Natural Selection on a Quantitative Trait
... data warrants,but the methodis in no way bias. Estimatedbias was very small in the restricted to theseforms.Intuitionas to how data sets that I analyzed, and so I do not the cubic spline actually yields a smooth correctforit in my results. NonnormalErrors.-Measures ofsurvivestimate of f is provided ...
... data warrants,but the methodis in no way bias. Estimatedbias was very small in the restricted to theseforms.Intuitionas to how data sets that I analyzed, and so I do not the cubic spline actually yields a smooth correctforit in my results. NonnormalErrors.-Measures ofsurvivestimate of f is provided ...
Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms for Constraint Satisfaction Problems: Memetic Overkill?
... algorithms in this paper: the success rate (SR), the average number of evaluations to solution (AES), and the average number of conflict checks to solution (ACCS). The SR will be used to describe the effectiveness of the algorithms, the AES and ACCS will be used to describe the efficiency of the alg ...
... algorithms in this paper: the success rate (SR), the average number of evaluations to solution (AES), and the average number of conflict checks to solution (ACCS). The SR will be used to describe the effectiveness of the algorithms, the AES and ACCS will be used to describe the efficiency of the alg ...
Polemics and Synthesis: Ernst Mayr and Evolutionary Biology
... Pearson. As the name suggests, biometry is the measurement of biological traits in populations, and thus the examination of the distribution of the population variation in these traits. The biometricians naturally, were only able to measure traits that exhibited continuous variation in populations, ...
... Pearson. As the name suggests, biometry is the measurement of biological traits in populations, and thus the examination of the distribution of the population variation in these traits. The biometricians naturally, were only able to measure traits that exhibited continuous variation in populations, ...
How Evolution Works - The Teacher-Friendly Guide™ to Evolution
... advantageous traits of the previous generation can thus become the less advantageous traits among the offspring. Dramatic environmental changes often lead to mass extinctions, in part for this reason. 4. Variations make organisms better - False. Most variations generated by random mutation are actua ...
... advantageous traits of the previous generation can thus become the less advantageous traits among the offspring. Dramatic environmental changes often lead to mass extinctions, in part for this reason. 4. Variations make organisms better - False. Most variations generated by random mutation are actua ...
A general model of the relation between phenotypic selection and
... only acts on observed phenotypes. We derive a general selection equation that takes into account the possibility that some relevant (internal or external) traits are not measured. This equation shows that the classic equation applies if selection directly acts on the measured, phenotypic traits. Thi ...
... only acts on observed phenotypes. We derive a general selection equation that takes into account the possibility that some relevant (internal or external) traits are not measured. This equation shows that the classic equation applies if selection directly acts on the measured, phenotypic traits. Thi ...
Biology B Midterm I Review Name: Period: ____ Standard 1
... I can identify and explain the four steps of natural selection from a scenario. I can identify and graph the mode of natural selection that is occurring. I can identify and explain if an adaptation is structural, physiological or behavioral. I can identify and explain if the evolutionary force is ab ...
... I can identify and explain the four steps of natural selection from a scenario. I can identify and graph the mode of natural selection that is occurring. I can identify and explain if an adaptation is structural, physiological or behavioral. I can identify and explain if the evolutionary force is ab ...
Evolution and Natural Selection (Lecture 2)
... Fitness = 1 does not exactly mean that you have passed on 100% of your genes to the next generation (Remember: sometimes you send two copies of the same gene and zero copies of the other) ...
... Fitness = 1 does not exactly mean that you have passed on 100% of your genes to the next generation (Remember: sometimes you send two copies of the same gene and zero copies of the other) ...
Paving the way for Darwin Georges Cuvier (1769
... this phenotype are successfully passing on 100% of their genes, on average ...
... this phenotype are successfully passing on 100% of their genes, on average ...
The Evolution of Multimeric Protein Assemblages R esearch article
... multimeric protein assemblages. The focus will be on the evolution of dimers, although the approaches taken should have more general utility, as most higher-order complexes are derived from the dimerization of lower-order structures (e.g., tetramers are often dimers of dimers). It is assumed that a ...
... multimeric protein assemblages. The focus will be on the evolution of dimers, although the approaches taken should have more general utility, as most higher-order complexes are derived from the dimerization of lower-order structures (e.g., tetramers are often dimers of dimers). It is assumed that a ...
Natural Selection
... • In the original giraffe population, the mean neck length was 1.4 m but individuals varied in terms of the length of their necks. Those individuals with the allele/s for longer necks were able to reach more nutritious leaves, and so they had more energy to produce more and healthier offspring. Thes ...
... • In the original giraffe population, the mean neck length was 1.4 m but individuals varied in terms of the length of their necks. Those individuals with the allele/s for longer necks were able to reach more nutritious leaves, and so they had more energy to produce more and healthier offspring. Thes ...
Chasing Shadows: Natural Selection and Adaptation
... Darwin himself thought along these lines (see Schweber, 1985; Depew and Weber, 1995). But this much is certain: the modern-synthesis theory of evolution which followed was developed expressly along the ‘population thinking’ model. It is conceived explicitly on the model of statistical dynamics (Fish ...
... Darwin himself thought along these lines (see Schweber, 1985; Depew and Weber, 1995). But this much is certain: the modern-synthesis theory of evolution which followed was developed expressly along the ‘population thinking’ model. It is conceived explicitly on the model of statistical dynamics (Fish ...
Natural Selection and Populations - Advanced
... completely, because they can “hide” from the hawks in heterozygous brown rabbits. This is a good reminder that natural selection acts on phenotypes, rather than genotypes. The hawk - or natural selection - is unable to distinguish a BB rabbit from a Bb rabbit. The hawk is only able to distinguish a ...
... completely, because they can “hide” from the hawks in heterozygous brown rabbits. This is a good reminder that natural selection acts on phenotypes, rather than genotypes. The hawk - or natural selection - is unable to distinguish a BB rabbit from a Bb rabbit. The hawk is only able to distinguish a ...
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... mutations are very rare, and advantageous mutations are even rarer. However, populations of bacteria are large enough that a few individuals will have beneficial mutations. If a new mutation reduces their susceptibility to an antibiotic, these individuals are more likely to survive when next confron ...
... mutations are very rare, and advantageous mutations are even rarer. However, populations of bacteria are large enough that a few individuals will have beneficial mutations. If a new mutation reduces their susceptibility to an antibiotic, these individuals are more likely to survive when next confron ...
Section 2: Energy Flow in Ecosystems
... Natural Selection • Natural selection acts to eliminate individuals with certain traits from a population. • As individuals are eliminated, the alleles for those traits may become less frequent in the population. • Thus, both allele and genotype frequencies may change. Visual Concept: Natural Select ...
... Natural Selection • Natural selection acts to eliminate individuals with certain traits from a population. • As individuals are eliminated, the alleles for those traits may become less frequent in the population. • Thus, both allele and genotype frequencies may change. Visual Concept: Natural Select ...
Chapter 8 - Macmillan Learning
... What is unique about the biogeographic pattern of some of the organisms in ...
... What is unique about the biogeographic pattern of some of the organisms in ...