May 2013
... conception of earth history is a huge fabrication, built on imagination and ideology. Fossils are mere props for a fictional story of millions of years that drives the search for credibility. Since fossils are fragmentary and ambiguous, it is easy to fudge this or that caenagnathid or this or that d ...
... conception of earth history is a huge fabrication, built on imagination and ideology. Fossils are mere props for a fictional story of millions of years that drives the search for credibility. Since fossils are fragmentary and ambiguous, it is easy to fudge this or that caenagnathid or this or that d ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
squid dissection - URIteacherknowledge
... Squid can change the color of their skin to mimic their environment and hide from predators. When in danger, squid release a cloud of dark ink from their ink sac in order to confuse their attacker and allow the squid to escape. These fast-moving carnivores catch prey with their two feeding tentacles ...
... Squid can change the color of their skin to mimic their environment and hide from predators. When in danger, squid release a cloud of dark ink from their ink sac in order to confuse their attacker and allow the squid to escape. These fast-moving carnivores catch prey with their two feeding tentacles ...
ID_3873_Populatio
... amoebae, intestinal flagellates, blood and tissue flagellates, sporozoa, ciliates multicellular flagellates, unicellular flagellates, ciliates, sporozoa coccidians, piroplasms, cytoplasms, haemosporidians Trematoda, Cestoda, Nematoda, Sporozoa, Ciliates Protozoa can be divided into five groups: amoe ...
... amoebae, intestinal flagellates, blood and tissue flagellates, sporozoa, ciliates multicellular flagellates, unicellular flagellates, ciliates, sporozoa coccidians, piroplasms, cytoplasms, haemosporidians Trematoda, Cestoda, Nematoda, Sporozoa, Ciliates Protozoa can be divided into five groups: amoe ...
Boundless Study Slides
... • clades groups of organisms that descended from a single ancestor • clonal pertaining to asexual reproduction • conjugation the temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction • derived of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not fo ...
... • clades groups of organisms that descended from a single ancestor • clonal pertaining to asexual reproduction • conjugation the temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction • derived of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not fo ...
Soft and hard selection on plant defence traits in Arabidopsis thaliana
... can be local – for example, plant populations that are regulated within individual patches. At the other end of the spectrum, population regulation can be global – for example, plant populations that are regulated at the forest level containing several suitable patches. These two alternative modes o ...
... can be local – for example, plant populations that are regulated within individual patches. At the other end of the spectrum, population regulation can be global – for example, plant populations that are regulated at the forest level containing several suitable patches. These two alternative modes o ...
Evolution Practice
... 4. The best definition of natural selection is (1 point) (0 pts) the constancy of species populations in spite of the production of far more o!spring than needed to maintain them. (1 pt) the greater survival and reproduction of organisms with favorable variations than of organisms with unfavorable v ...
... 4. The best definition of natural selection is (1 point) (0 pts) the constancy of species populations in spite of the production of far more o!spring than needed to maintain them. (1 pt) the greater survival and reproduction of organisms with favorable variations than of organisms with unfavorable v ...
Linking genetic change to community evolution:
... populations, allowing rapid evolutionary change and the opportunity to study communities on both ecological and evolutionary time scales. Moreover, both environmental and genetic variables can be experimentally manipulated with relative ease in laboratory communities of microbes. Many microbes can b ...
... populations, allowing rapid evolutionary change and the opportunity to study communities on both ecological and evolutionary time scales. Moreover, both environmental and genetic variables can be experimentally manipulated with relative ease in laboratory communities of microbes. Many microbes can b ...
Group adaptation, formal darwinism and contextual analysis
... The fifth link is slightly different, in that it describes what will happen if the agents vary in their optimality. The link says that if agents vary in their optimality, then there is scope for selection, and the change in the frequency of any gene is given by the covariance between the frequency o ...
... The fifth link is slightly different, in that it describes what will happen if the agents vary in their optimality. The link says that if agents vary in their optimality, then there is scope for selection, and the change in the frequency of any gene is given by the covariance between the frequency o ...
Reconceptualising Evolution by Natural Selection
... theoretical ambiguities and difficulties. Some of these have been pointed out numerous times; others have hardly been noticed. One aim of this work is to unpack these difficulties and ambiguities; another is to provide new solutions and clarifications to them using a range of philosophical and conce ...
... theoretical ambiguities and difficulties. Some of these have been pointed out numerous times; others have hardly been noticed. One aim of this work is to unpack these difficulties and ambiguities; another is to provide new solutions and clarifications to them using a range of philosophical and conce ...
LAB: SQUID DISSECTION Name Read and highlight
... ink sac away. Lay aside for now. The squid releases ink from this gland in times of danger, which is then pushed through the siphon. 4) Locate and label the heart. Squid have 3 hearts – 2 branchial and one systemic. The brachial (gill) hearts are located at the bottom of the gills. The systemic hear ...
... ink sac away. Lay aside for now. The squid releases ink from this gland in times of danger, which is then pushed through the siphon. 4) Locate and label the heart. Squid have 3 hearts – 2 branchial and one systemic. The brachial (gill) hearts are located at the bottom of the gills. The systemic hear ...
Local differentiation in the defensive morphology of an
... bioRxiv preprint first posted online Jan. 6, 2017; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/098707. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It is made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. ...
... bioRxiv preprint first posted online Jan. 6, 2017; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/098707. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It is made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. ...
Murdering Darwin`s Child—Toward an Intelligent Evolution and a
... Of course, both Darwin and Wallace argued that their theories were principles based upon a constantly changing environment along with very small variations that affected individual survival and response to environmental pressures resulting in differential death rates and moreover that species held a ...
... Of course, both Darwin and Wallace argued that their theories were principles based upon a constantly changing environment along with very small variations that affected individual survival and response to environmental pressures resulting in differential death rates and moreover that species held a ...
Iterative development and the scope for plasticity: contrasts
... 2014 for review). Equally, many behavioral phenotypes are the products of environmentally triggered developmental trajectories, or of extended periods of learning (developmental behavioral plasticity; Snell-Rood, 2013). As most efforts to contrast patterns of behavioral and morphological plasticity ...
... 2014 for review). Equally, many behavioral phenotypes are the products of environmentally triggered developmental trajectories, or of extended periods of learning (developmental behavioral plasticity; Snell-Rood, 2013). As most efforts to contrast patterns of behavioral and morphological plasticity ...
How Does Climate Influence Speciation?
... becomes less suitable and the montane habitats more suitable over time. The lowland population may then become extinct if the species fails to adapt to higher temperatures, which leads to geographic isolation and eventual speciation of the montane populations. Under this pattern of spatial and tempo ...
... becomes less suitable and the montane habitats more suitable over time. The lowland population may then become extinct if the species fails to adapt to higher temperatures, which leads to geographic isolation and eventual speciation of the montane populations. Under this pattern of spatial and tempo ...
How Does Climate Influence Speciation?
... becomes less suitable and the montane habitats more suitable over time. The lowland population may then become extinct if the species fails to adapt to higher temperatures, which leads to geographic isolation and eventual speciation of the montane populations. Under this pattern of spatial and tempo ...
... becomes less suitable and the montane habitats more suitable over time. The lowland population may then become extinct if the species fails to adapt to higher temperatures, which leads to geographic isolation and eventual speciation of the montane populations. Under this pattern of spatial and tempo ...
theodosius dobzhansky - National Academy of Sciences
... Originally Dobzhansky thought that the various chromosomal arrangements of D. pseudoobscura were adaptively equivalent (see the 1941 edition of Genetics and the Origin of Species), and hence that their geographical and temporal variation was the result of genetic drift. Eventually he became convince ...
... Originally Dobzhansky thought that the various chromosomal arrangements of D. pseudoobscura were adaptively equivalent (see the 1941 edition of Genetics and the Origin of Species), and hence that their geographical and temporal variation was the result of genetic drift. Eventually he became convince ...
Homology and Heterochrony
... onset of pigment deposition processes. Huxley (’32) gave a comprehensive discussion showing that growth rates are biological characters in that the stay fairly constant during ontogeny, vary between species or individuals, and can be under the control of Mendelian factors. De Beer made essential use ...
... onset of pigment deposition processes. Huxley (’32) gave a comprehensive discussion showing that growth rates are biological characters in that the stay fairly constant during ontogeny, vary between species or individuals, and can be under the control of Mendelian factors. De Beer made essential use ...
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Evolution
... evidence that a Supreme Being had created them. At the time Paley wrote his book there was no credible evolutionary theory that could challenge this view. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, published in 1859 (see origin of species [book]), provided what most scientists consider the f ...
... evidence that a Supreme Being had created them. At the time Paley wrote his book there was no credible evolutionary theory that could challenge this view. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, published in 1859 (see origin of species [book]), provided what most scientists consider the f ...
When is it Selectively Advantageous to Have True Beliefs
... pay attention to information in its environment, and when it should be inflexible and follow a certain strategy regardless of the information available in the environment. These models answer the question of when it pays an organism to be inflexible or flexible in response to various environmental c ...
... pay attention to information in its environment, and when it should be inflexible and follow a certain strategy regardless of the information available in the environment. These models answer the question of when it pays an organism to be inflexible or flexible in response to various environmental c ...
DARWIN`SDEBTTO PHILOSOPHY:AN
... The surest and best characteristic of a well-founded and extensive induction, however, is when verifications of it spring up, as it were, spontaneously, into notice, from quarters where they might be least expected, or even among instances of that very hind which were at first considered hostile to ...
... The surest and best characteristic of a well-founded and extensive induction, however, is when verifications of it spring up, as it were, spontaneously, into notice, from quarters where they might be least expected, or even among instances of that very hind which were at first considered hostile to ...
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought
... Copperfield, evolution was their King Charles’s Head. They could not stay away from the topic. A bright young entrant like Darwin had to sense that there was something of interest here – a sense that would be confirmed when (in 1836) the leading astronomer and philosopher of science John F. W. Hers ...
... Copperfield, evolution was their King Charles’s Head. They could not stay away from the topic. A bright young entrant like Darwin had to sense that there was something of interest here – a sense that would be confirmed when (in 1836) the leading astronomer and philosopher of science John F. W. Hers ...
Disruptive Selection in Natural Populations: The
... food can favor extreme trophic phenotypes in natural populations of stickleback fish (Bolnick 2004). Moreover, several studies have shown that competition generates negative frequency dependence among different resource-use phenotypes (Pfennig 1992; Hori 1993; Benkman 1996; Maret and Collins 1997), ...
... food can favor extreme trophic phenotypes in natural populations of stickleback fish (Bolnick 2004). Moreover, several studies have shown that competition generates negative frequency dependence among different resource-use phenotypes (Pfennig 1992; Hori 1993; Benkman 1996; Maret and Collins 1997), ...