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... In snapdragons, the combined expression of both alleles for flower color produces a new phenotype that is pink. This illustrates incomplete dominance. The Punnett square above shows that both the white and red snapdragons are homozygous. Which of the following would be the correct product from a cro ...
... In snapdragons, the combined expression of both alleles for flower color produces a new phenotype that is pink. This illustrates incomplete dominance. The Punnett square above shows that both the white and red snapdragons are homozygous. Which of the following would be the correct product from a cro ...
Diversity in theWeapons of Sexual Selection: Horn Evolution in
... beetles, or the long tusks of a mastodon, walrus, or narwhal (F i g u r e 1 ). All of these weapons are thought to have arisen from sexual selection: an evolutionary history of intense competition by males over access to a limited number of reproductive females. These structures are impressive becau ...
... beetles, or the long tusks of a mastodon, walrus, or narwhal (F i g u r e 1 ). All of these weapons are thought to have arisen from sexual selection: an evolutionary history of intense competition by males over access to a limited number of reproductive females. These structures are impressive becau ...
Veblen and Darwinism
... possibility of the Lamarckian inheritance of acquired characters. The importance and enduring value of Darwinism is its elaboration of a causal mechanism of evolution involving variation, inheritance and selection. In principle, this mechanism could apply to any open and evolving system with a varie ...
... possibility of the Lamarckian inheritance of acquired characters. The importance and enduring value of Darwinism is its elaboration of a causal mechanism of evolution involving variation, inheritance and selection. In principle, this mechanism could apply to any open and evolving system with a varie ...
Biology Pacing Guide 2010
... explain the molecular basis of heredity and the inheritance of traits using the central dogma of molecular biology. ...
... explain the molecular basis of heredity and the inheritance of traits using the central dogma of molecular biology. ...
The evolution of lactase persistence
... (Flatz, 1987; Durham, 1991). This condition may, however, be too strict, since it implies, with no justification, that milk processing habits inhibit people with lactase persistence from shifting towards increased fresh milk consumption and better explore this readily available food ...
... (Flatz, 1987; Durham, 1991). This condition may, however, be too strict, since it implies, with no justification, that milk processing habits inhibit people with lactase persistence from shifting towards increased fresh milk consumption and better explore this readily available food ...
Geographically patterned variation in diapause and its relationship
... demonstrated are few and well-known. In the classic case of industrial melanism in the peppered moth, Biston betularia, field experiments have shown that pigmentation matching tree color increases fitness by reducing predation pressure from birds (Kettlewell 1956, Grant et al 1998, Majerus 1998). Fu ...
... demonstrated are few and well-known. In the classic case of industrial melanism in the peppered moth, Biston betularia, field experiments have shown that pigmentation matching tree color increases fitness by reducing predation pressure from birds (Kettlewell 1956, Grant et al 1998, Majerus 1998). Fu ...
The Darwinian Revolution as a knowledge
... There obviously exist excellent studies on the history of biology but I know of none which developed a sophisticated framework for the analysis of scientific theories. ...
... There obviously exist excellent studies on the history of biology but I know of none which developed a sophisticated framework for the analysis of scientific theories. ...
SUSTAINABLE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS AND SCALABLE
... assembly-line structure. By reducing the selection pressure within each fitness level while maintaining the global selection pressure to help ensure exploitation of good building blocks found, HFC provides a good solution to the explore vs. exploitation dilemma, which implies ...
... assembly-line structure. By reducing the selection pressure within each fitness level while maintaining the global selection pressure to help ensure exploitation of good building blocks found, HFC provides a good solution to the explore vs. exploitation dilemma, which implies ...
A Gaze-Driven Evolutionary Algorithm to Study Aesthetic Evaluation
... Makin, Pecchinenda, & Bertamini, 2012). However, the IAT procedure merely shows that the conceptual dimensions ‘‘symmetry-random’’ and ‘‘positive-negative’’ are orientated in a common direction (see Walker, 2012 for other examples of dimensional correspondences). The IAT experiments do not demonstra ...
... Makin, Pecchinenda, & Bertamini, 2012). However, the IAT procedure merely shows that the conceptual dimensions ‘‘symmetry-random’’ and ‘‘positive-negative’’ are orientated in a common direction (see Walker, 2012 for other examples of dimensional correspondences). The IAT experiments do not demonstra ...
Palaeos Invertebrates: Cnidaria
... All the metabolic functions of the body - respiration, digestion, elimination - are carried out by diffusion. Diffusion is only an efficient means of exchange of materials only over short distances (e.g. over about 1 mm for oxygen exchange). This means that all the tissues of a cnidarian which requi ...
... All the metabolic functions of the body - respiration, digestion, elimination - are carried out by diffusion. Diffusion is only an efficient means of exchange of materials only over short distances (e.g. over about 1 mm for oxygen exchange). This means that all the tissues of a cnidarian which requi ...
Genetic diversity, virulence and fitness evolution in an obligate
... then sporulation) of each individual larva were monitored daily using a stereomicroscope for 10 days. Upon the external appearance of hyphal growth and sporulation, larvae were transferred to an individual media plate (Sabouraud dextrose agar) and incubated at 30 °C for a further 10 days to encourag ...
... then sporulation) of each individual larva were monitored daily using a stereomicroscope for 10 days. Upon the external appearance of hyphal growth and sporulation, larvae were transferred to an individual media plate (Sabouraud dextrose agar) and incubated at 30 °C for a further 10 days to encourag ...
MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA
... Although pulmonates are simultaneous hermaphrodites, most species out-cross when possible. Pulmonates that “self” usually mature at later ages and have lower fecundity. For example, Physella heterostropha suffers a reduction of 65% in fecundity when not allowed to out-cross (Wethington and Dillon, 1 ...
... Although pulmonates are simultaneous hermaphrodites, most species out-cross when possible. Pulmonates that “self” usually mature at later ages and have lower fecundity. For example, Physella heterostropha suffers a reduction of 65% in fecundity when not allowed to out-cross (Wethington and Dillon, 1 ...
QUESTION
... • ANSWER: This can be disturbed by movement into and out of a population, nonrandom mating, mutations, and small population size. • QUESTION: genetic equilibrium ...
... • ANSWER: This can be disturbed by movement into and out of a population, nonrandom mating, mutations, and small population size. • QUESTION: genetic equilibrium ...
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... Defining reptilian hibernation, as either an intrinsic physiological or purely behavioral phenomenon, has long been problematic. In part, this uncertainty has been due to the diversity of metabolic responses exhibited by reptiles during cold acclimation. Among snakes, the few species for which appro ...
... Defining reptilian hibernation, as either an intrinsic physiological or purely behavioral phenomenon, has long been problematic. In part, this uncertainty has been due to the diversity of metabolic responses exhibited by reptiles during cold acclimation. Among snakes, the few species for which appro ...
Peppered Moths
... a period of 45 years, the dark variety of the peppered moth became more common. • In fact, near many industrial cities in England the dark form accounted for about 95 percent of the peppered moth population. Away from industrial centers the moth was usually found in the light form. In non-industrial ...
... a period of 45 years, the dark variety of the peppered moth became more common. • In fact, near many industrial cities in England the dark form accounted for about 95 percent of the peppered moth population. Away from industrial centers the moth was usually found in the light form. In non-industrial ...
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... during and after breakdown of territorial borders. A few 1991), mainly because dense his lifelong obserof these behaviors, such as “benthic pseuospawning” these are extremely diffivations into a book on and “eel-like-swimming” may have been ritualized cult to observe in the field. “The Biology, nota ...
... during and after breakdown of territorial borders. A few 1991), mainly because dense his lifelong obserof these behaviors, such as “benthic pseuospawning” these are extremely diffivations into a book on and “eel-like-swimming” may have been ritualized cult to observe in the field. “The Biology, nota ...
Evolution Unit Practice Test
... ____ 22. Natural selection acting on single-gene traits can lead to changes in allele frequencies. _________________________ ____ 23. In a population of snakes with a range of body lengths, if the longest individuals have the highest fitness, disruptive selection is likely to occur. ________________ ...
... ____ 22. Natural selection acting on single-gene traits can lead to changes in allele frequencies. _________________________ ____ 23. In a population of snakes with a range of body lengths, if the longest individuals have the highest fitness, disruptive selection is likely to occur. ________________ ...
Oklahoma School Testing Program
... Asterisks (*) have been used to identify objectives that must be assessed by the local school district. All other objectives will be assessed by the Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP). Standard 1: Observe and Measure—Observing is the first action taken by the learner to acquire new information a ...
... Asterisks (*) have been used to identify objectives that must be assessed by the local school district. All other objectives will be assessed by the Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP). Standard 1: Observe and Measure—Observing is the first action taken by the learner to acquire new information a ...
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... • Individuals with certain heritable characteristics survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other individuals • Natural selection increases the adaptation of organisms to their environment over time • If an environment changes over time, natural selection may result in adaptation to these new c ...
... • Individuals with certain heritable characteristics survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other individuals • Natural selection increases the adaptation of organisms to their environment over time • If an environment changes over time, natural selection may result in adaptation to these new c ...
Darwin, Galton and the Statistical Enlightenment
... Lord Kelvin), Oliver Lodge and D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson). There were papers ranging from the latest theories of electricity, to the intelligence of the dog (describing an experiment that taught a dog to read), to the history of the game of hopscotch (which, notwithstanding its modern name, was inve ...
... Lord Kelvin), Oliver Lodge and D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson). There were papers ranging from the latest theories of electricity, to the intelligence of the dog (describing an experiment that taught a dog to read), to the history of the game of hopscotch (which, notwithstanding its modern name, was inve ...
Castellanos et al. anther evolution 2006 Am Nat
... combing their bodies with specially modified groups of leg hairs that effectively sweep pollen into collection organs (scopae or corbiculae), where it has little or no chance of being deposited on a stigma (Rademaker et al. 1997). Hummingbirds, in contrast, tend to preen only between bouts, and they ...
... combing their bodies with specially modified groups of leg hairs that effectively sweep pollen into collection organs (scopae or corbiculae), where it has little or no chance of being deposited on a stigma (Rademaker et al. 1997). Hummingbirds, in contrast, tend to preen only between bouts, and they ...
Parental effects in ecology and evolution
... interrelatedness of epigenetic and genetic mechanisms of which they consist (e.g. Allis et al. 2007). Parental effects are crucial aspects of development not because they contain evolved adaptive instructions about phenotypes, but because they have an impact (i.e. an effect) on developing phenotypes ...
... interrelatedness of epigenetic and genetic mechanisms of which they consist (e.g. Allis et al. 2007). Parental effects are crucial aspects of development not because they contain evolved adaptive instructions about phenotypes, but because they have an impact (i.e. an effect) on developing phenotypes ...
Sources of inter- and intra-individual variation in basal metabolic
... organization (Gould and Lloyd 1999), it might be more interesting to look at variation across individuals than across species and populations when trying to interpret the microevolutionary potential of BMR. Individual variation is the most fundamental requirement for natural selection to occur (Gar ...
... organization (Gould and Lloyd 1999), it might be more interesting to look at variation across individuals than across species and populations when trying to interpret the microevolutionary potential of BMR. Individual variation is the most fundamental requirement for natural selection to occur (Gar ...
evolutionary genetics of resistance and tolerance to natural
... damage (e.g., Paige and Whitham 1987; Lennartson et al. 1997; Juenger and Bergelson 2000). The similarity of architecture among these three species suggests that similar developmental and physiological mechanisms may underlie responses to damage, even if the evolutionary dynamics of these tolerance ...
... damage (e.g., Paige and Whitham 1987; Lennartson et al. 1997; Juenger and Bergelson 2000). The similarity of architecture among these three species suggests that similar developmental and physiological mechanisms may underlie responses to damage, even if the evolutionary dynamics of these tolerance ...
Introduction to evolution
Evolution is the process of change in all forms of life over generations, and evolutionary biology is the study of how evolution occurs. Biological populations evolve through genetic changes that correspond to changes in the organisms' observable traits. Genetic changes include mutations, which are caused by damage or replication errors in an organism's DNA. As the genetic variation of a population drifts randomly over generations, natural selection gradually leads traits to become more or less common based on the relative reproductive success of organisms with those traits.The age of the Earth is about 4.54 billion years old. The earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates at least from 3.5 billion years ago, during the Eoarchean Era after a geological crust started to solidify following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. There are microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western Australia. Other early physical evidence of a biogenic substance is graphite in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in western Greenland. More than 99 percent of all species, amounting to over five billion species, that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct. Estimates on the number of Earth's current species range from 10 million to 14 million, of which about 1.2 million have been documented and over 86 percent have not yet been described.Evolution does not attempt to explain the origin of life (covered instead by abiogenesis), but it does explain how the extremely simple early lifeforms evolved into the complex ecosystem that we see today. Based on the similarities between all present-day organisms, all life on Earth originated through common descent from a last universal ancestor from which all known species have diverged through the process of evolution. All individuals have hereditary material in the form of genes that are received from their parents, then passed on to any offspring. Among offspring there are variations of genes due to the introduction of new genes via random changes called mutations or via reshuffling of existing genes during sexual reproduction. The offspring differs from the parent in minor random ways. If those differences are helpful, the offspring is more likely to survive and reproduce. This means that more offspring in the next generation will have that helpful difference and individuals will not have equal chances of reproductive success. In this way, traits that result in organisms being better adapted to their living conditions become more common in descendant populations. These differences accumulate resulting in changes within the population. This process is responsible for the many diverse life forms in the world.The forces of evolution are most evident when populations become isolated, either through geographic distance or by other mechanisms that prevent genetic exchange. Over time, isolated populations can branch off into new species.The majority of genetic mutations neither assist, change the appearance of, nor bring harm to individuals. Through the process of genetic drift, these mutated genes are neutrally sorted among populations and survive across generations by chance alone. In contrast to genetic drift, natural selection is not a random process because it acts on traits that are necessary for survival and reproduction. Natural selection and random genetic drift are constant and dynamic parts of life and over time this has shaped the branching structure in the tree of life.The modern understanding of evolution began with the 1859 publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. In addition, Gregor Mendel's work with plants helped to explain the hereditary patterns of genetics. Fossil discoveries in paleontology, advances in population genetics and a global network of scientific research have provided further details into the mechanisms of evolution. Scientists now have a good understanding of the origin of new species (speciation) and have observed the speciation process in the laboratory and in the wild. Evolution is the principal scientific theory that biologists use to understand life and is used in many disciplines, including medicine, psychology, conservation biology, anthropology, forensics, agriculture and other social-cultural applications.