Evolution through the Search for Novelty
... As a significant problem in evolutionary computation, deception has inspired many techniques designed to mitigate it. However, nearly all such methods are still ultimately susceptible to deceptive local optima because they still measure progress with respect to the objective, which this dissertation ...
... As a significant problem in evolutionary computation, deception has inspired many techniques designed to mitigate it. However, nearly all such methods are still ultimately susceptible to deceptive local optima because they still measure progress with respect to the objective, which this dissertation ...
Evolution Unit Practice Test
... 114. What are three mechanisms for reproductive isolation? Which mechanism isolates two populations of similar frogs with different mating calls? 115. What are the major steps that were likely involved in the speciation of the Galápagos finches? ...
... 114. What are three mechanisms for reproductive isolation? Which mechanism isolates two populations of similar frogs with different mating calls? 115. What are the major steps that were likely involved in the speciation of the Galápagos finches? ...
MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION IN CORAL SNAKE MIMICRY
... deterring predation. Although Batesian mimicry is one of the oldest known examples of natural selection’s power to produce adaptation, many unanswered questions remain about its evolution, including how mimetic signals coevolve with the perceptual abilities of predators, how mimetic signals are prod ...
... deterring predation. Although Batesian mimicry is one of the oldest known examples of natural selection’s power to produce adaptation, many unanswered questions remain about its evolution, including how mimetic signals coevolve with the perceptual abilities of predators, how mimetic signals are prod ...
In Cold Blood: The Evolution of Psychopathy
... 2006; Harris et al., 2007)? Is antisocial and criminal conduct merely the rather obvious and expected consequence of theoretically more interesting core psychopathic personality (e.g., Cooke et al., 2007)? Or are some aggressive and violent behaviors actually so much at the core of psychopathy that ...
... 2006; Harris et al., 2007)? Is antisocial and criminal conduct merely the rather obvious and expected consequence of theoretically more interesting core psychopathic personality (e.g., Cooke et al., 2007)? Or are some aggressive and violent behaviors actually so much at the core of psychopathy that ...
Geographically patterned variation in diapause and its relationship
... be caused by such factors as allometry, pleiotropy and linkage between the loci underlying traits. This critique coincided with growing awareness of Neutral Theory and increased understanding that much biological diversity does not evolve by natural selection (Kimura and Crow, 1964). Evolutionary bi ...
... be caused by such factors as allometry, pleiotropy and linkage between the loci underlying traits. This critique coincided with growing awareness of Neutral Theory and increased understanding that much biological diversity does not evolve by natural selection (Kimura and Crow, 1964). Evolutionary bi ...
Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species
... The Origin of Species without having any prior knowledge of zoology or paleontology or the history of the biological sciences. Darwin’s argument in the book is clear and easy enough to follow. Darwin called it ‘‘a long argument’’ in the final chapter, but it is also a straightforward one.2 Furthermo ...
... The Origin of Species without having any prior knowledge of zoology or paleontology or the history of the biological sciences. Darwin’s argument in the book is clear and easy enough to follow. Darwin called it ‘‘a long argument’’ in the final chapter, but it is also a straightforward one.2 Furthermo ...
The Chances of Evolution: An Analysis of the Roles of Chance in
... suggest that speciation and extinction may not be the result of protracted acts of natural selection, but that speciation and extinction may occur randomly across taxa and over time. Neither of these theories were a part of Darwin’s evolutionary theory, and together, they raise the question of wheth ...
... suggest that speciation and extinction may not be the result of protracted acts of natural selection, but that speciation and extinction may occur randomly across taxa and over time. Neither of these theories were a part of Darwin’s evolutionary theory, and together, they raise the question of wheth ...
“History of Evolutionary Thought” Game Cards: 3 pts. Darwin
... for the geographic distribution of organisms in which it was proven that organisms located closer to one another on earth are more similar than organisms that are located away from each other? 5 pts. What phrase did Darwin use that has the same meaning as “evolution”? ...
... for the geographic distribution of organisms in which it was proven that organisms located closer to one another on earth are more similar than organisms that are located away from each other? 5 pts. What phrase did Darwin use that has the same meaning as “evolution”? ...
The evolution of conspecific gamete precedence and its effect on
... showed in a preliminary comparative analysis that sympatric species pairs with significant conspecific gamete precedence tend to have very low premating isolation. They discuss, however, the need for additional data to be gathered to allow a more rigorous test of this hypothesis. Their suggested eff ...
... showed in a preliminary comparative analysis that sympatric species pairs with significant conspecific gamete precedence tend to have very low premating isolation. They discuss, however, the need for additional data to be gathered to allow a more rigorous test of this hypothesis. Their suggested eff ...
The Elusive Clone – In Search of Its True Nature and Identity
... which combine the best of both worlds and provide important insights into the factors triggering the switch between sex and asex. Also, stick insects with an amazing variety of reproductive modes (Chapter 16) are described, followed by examples of Hymenoptera, where microbial infections are one of t ...
... which combine the best of both worlds and provide important insights into the factors triggering the switch between sex and asex. Also, stick insects with an amazing variety of reproductive modes (Chapter 16) are described, followed by examples of Hymenoptera, where microbial infections are one of t ...
Evolution Review
... b. humans are the chief factor controlling which organisms survive and reproduce. c. the most common type of organisms survive and reproduce. d. the characteristics of a population move in one direction or another through time. e. variability is encouraged in a population and unusual forms are more ...
... b. humans are the chief factor controlling which organisms survive and reproduce. c. the most common type of organisms survive and reproduce. d. the characteristics of a population move in one direction or another through time. e. variability is encouraged in a population and unusual forms are more ...
Haeckel: legacy of fraud to popularise evolution
... a series, proceeding from simple to complex, and inserting imaginary entities where there were discontinuities. He gave various embryonic phases names which corresponded to the stages in his evolutionary series. Heterochrony (evolutionary changes in the relative time of appearance and rate of develo ...
... a series, proceeding from simple to complex, and inserting imaginary entities where there were discontinuities. He gave various embryonic phases names which corresponded to the stages in his evolutionary series. Heterochrony (evolutionary changes in the relative time of appearance and rate of develo ...
The Darwinian Revolution as a knowledge
... program of Historical Epistemology.6 Within this research program, scientific revolutions or, more neutrally, large transformations of scientific knowledge systems are not understood as a series of individual achievements by a few hero scientists. Instead, Historical Epistemology aims at embedding t ...
... program of Historical Epistemology.6 Within this research program, scientific revolutions or, more neutrally, large transformations of scientific knowledge systems are not understood as a series of individual achievements by a few hero scientists. Instead, Historical Epistemology aims at embedding t ...
The Poetics of Science in, and around, Nabokov`s The Gift
... messages, and traces of others’ thought and art constitute a major component of Nabokov’s artistic material and method. When the novel at hand includes lengthy reflections upon the scientific and even metaphysical implications of mimicry and natural camouflage, then one feels compelled to look for t ...
... messages, and traces of others’ thought and art constitute a major component of Nabokov’s artistic material and method. When the novel at hand includes lengthy reflections upon the scientific and even metaphysical implications of mimicry and natural camouflage, then one feels compelled to look for t ...
speciation on the coasts of the new world: phylogeography
... known L. variegatus sequence (Minor et al. 1991) and outgroup sequences from Tripneustes (Zigler and Lessios 2003b) were aligned in Se-Al (ver. 1.0, Rambaut 1996). This alignment of coding sequences included both partial preprobindin (29 amino acids) and the full length of mature bindin. Stretches o ...
... known L. variegatus sequence (Minor et al. 1991) and outgroup sequences from Tripneustes (Zigler and Lessios 2003b) were aligned in Se-Al (ver. 1.0, Rambaut 1996). This alignment of coding sequences included both partial preprobindin (29 amino acids) and the full length of mature bindin. Stretches o ...
Evolution of Preferences - Northwestern University
... aspect, early studies of preference evolution starting with Güth and Yaari (1992) concentrated on observable preferences and demonstrated the possibility that non-fitness-maximizing preferences and non-Nash outcomes could be evolutionarily stable. A common theme was that certain non-fitness-maximizi ...
... aspect, early studies of preference evolution starting with Güth and Yaari (1992) concentrated on observable preferences and demonstrated the possibility that non-fitness-maximizing preferences and non-Nash outcomes could be evolutionarily stable. A common theme was that certain non-fitness-maximizi ...
Limnephilid taxa revised by speciation traits
... has the new taxonomy shifted the primary emphasis in taxonomy from genomic basis to diverging phenotypes of incipient species? Why speciation phenotypes have new evolutionary perspectives in sexual selection? Trials to answer all these questions, taxonomists need to learn more how to adapt in taxono ...
... has the new taxonomy shifted the primary emphasis in taxonomy from genomic basis to diverging phenotypes of incipient species? Why speciation phenotypes have new evolutionary perspectives in sexual selection? Trials to answer all these questions, taxonomists need to learn more how to adapt in taxono ...
Reconceptualising Evolution by Natural Selection
... This thesis examines the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the concept of natural selection which is pervasively invoked in biology and other ‘evolutionary’ domains. Although what constitutes the process of natural selection appears to be very intuitive (natural selection results from e ...
... This thesis examines the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the concept of natural selection which is pervasively invoked in biology and other ‘evolutionary’ domains. Although what constitutes the process of natural selection appears to be very intuitive (natural selection results from e ...
- Wiley Online Library
... counting the percentage of females that were inseminated (determined by evidence of sperm in female reproductive tract upon dissection). Single-choice and multiple-choice tests involved placing one or both sexes of each species with both conspecific and heterospecific individuals of the opposite sex ...
... counting the percentage of females that were inseminated (determined by evidence of sperm in female reproductive tract upon dissection). Single-choice and multiple-choice tests involved placing one or both sexes of each species with both conspecific and heterospecific individuals of the opposite sex ...
The evolution of lactase persistence
... lactase persistence in northern Europe, where mixed farming systems predominate, is more controversial (Flatz, 1987; Durham, 1991). To account for the specific advantages of drinking fresh milk in high-latitude regions in Europe, Flatz and Rotthauwe (1973) have proposed that individuals with persist ...
... lactase persistence in northern Europe, where mixed farming systems predominate, is more controversial (Flatz, 1987; Durham, 1991). To account for the specific advantages of drinking fresh milk in high-latitude regions in Europe, Flatz and Rotthauwe (1973) have proposed that individuals with persist ...
convergence, recurrence and diversification of
... Heterospermatozeugmata in Ilybius larsoni. Within the seminal vesicles of males elongate-headed sperm (indicated by ∗ ) slip into the pocket of an individual broad headed sperm to form sperm aggregates. During or after transfer to the female, some of the broad headed sperm associate with each other ...
... Heterospermatozeugmata in Ilybius larsoni. Within the seminal vesicles of males elongate-headed sperm (indicated by ∗ ) slip into the pocket of an individual broad headed sperm to form sperm aggregates. During or after transfer to the female, some of the broad headed sperm associate with each other ...
3 pts - Ionia Public Schools
... to form Gondwanaland (the southern portion of Pangaea) belong to, and why were they the dominant organism of the time? (Reptiles – they were evolved to live their whole life on land & it was a tropical area, which favored them & ...
... to form Gondwanaland (the southern portion of Pangaea) belong to, and why were they the dominant organism of the time? (Reptiles – they were evolved to live their whole life on land & it was a tropical area, which favored them & ...
How to read “heritability” in the recipe approach to - Philsci
... To appear in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science This version might slightly differ from the from the final publication ...
... To appear in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science This version might slightly differ from the from the final publication ...
The nature of developmental constraints and the difference
... constraints’’ (Schlosser 2007). Stability constraints determine that logically possible systems will not develop because they are physically unstable for some reason. Many structures are logically possible, but physically unstable, because they cannot support their own weight, etc. Physical stabilit ...
... constraints’’ (Schlosser 2007). Stability constraints determine that logically possible systems will not develop because they are physically unstable for some reason. Many structures are logically possible, but physically unstable, because they cannot support their own weight, etc. Physical stabilit ...
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 ...