Juha Tuomi, Structure and Dynamics of Darwinian
... theory can be divided into different research programmes which assume natura1 selection to have a different role as an evolutionary factor. The role assumed by a research programme depends on the specific ancillary assumptions presupposed by the corresponding specific theory. Depending on the ancil ...
... theory can be divided into different research programmes which assume natura1 selection to have a different role as an evolutionary factor. The role assumed by a research programme depends on the specific ancillary assumptions presupposed by the corresponding specific theory. Depending on the ancil ...
Perceptual Biases and Mate Choice
... Stages and evidence of signal elaboration via perceptual bias mode of sexual selection. A flowchart modified from the sensory drive model by Endler & Basolo (1998). Species-specific habitats have unique environmental properties imposing selective constraints on sensory systems (step 1). Social conditio ...
... Stages and evidence of signal elaboration via perceptual bias mode of sexual selection. A flowchart modified from the sensory drive model by Endler & Basolo (1998). Species-specific habitats have unique environmental properties imposing selective constraints on sensory systems (step 1). Social conditio ...
11.4 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
... • 1. Genetic drift changes allele frequencies due to chance alone. ...
... • 1. Genetic drift changes allele frequencies due to chance alone. ...
Molecular spandrels: tests of adaptation at the genetic level
... evidence for widespread selection in the genomes of certain species, leading to suggestions that the days of the neutral theory are over101,102. For example, analyses of genetic variation in Drosophila species reveal that much of the non-coding regions of the genome are under purifying selection, an ...
... evidence for widespread selection in the genomes of certain species, leading to suggestions that the days of the neutral theory are over101,102. For example, analyses of genetic variation in Drosophila species reveal that much of the non-coding regions of the genome are under purifying selection, an ...
chapter 2 - Test Bank 1
... Culture provides genetic and biological changes that promote innovation. Culture provides the knowledge necessary for adapting to the physical environment. Culture provides the norms and values that are the basis for social life. Culture provides the mental concepts by which people interpret the wor ...
... Culture provides genetic and biological changes that promote innovation. Culture provides the knowledge necessary for adapting to the physical environment. Culture provides the norms and values that are the basis for social life. Culture provides the mental concepts by which people interpret the wor ...
1 Note 1927 Study Supports a Current Genetic Model for
... specified by biology/genetics, by cultural training, by pathological reasons such as birth stress, or by a combination of these etiologies has been addressed for decades and the debate continues. Several observations suggest problems with a strict genetic etiology. For example, not all the children ...
... specified by biology/genetics, by cultural training, by pathological reasons such as birth stress, or by a combination of these etiologies has been addressed for decades and the debate continues. Several observations suggest problems with a strict genetic etiology. For example, not all the children ...
Introduction
... and the edited volumes of Neil Roughley (2000), Peter Hejl (2001) and Beat Sitter-Liver (2009) represent the sum of the work dedicated to the topic. I believe that cultural anthropology can offer a special contribution to the topic through its essentially cautious approach to universals. Having been ...
... and the edited volumes of Neil Roughley (2000), Peter Hejl (2001) and Beat Sitter-Liver (2009) represent the sum of the work dedicated to the topic. I believe that cultural anthropology can offer a special contribution to the topic through its essentially cautious approach to universals. Having been ...
Evolution of biological complexity
... These components define the low-level behavior of each program; the CPU and the instruction set together form the hardware of a Turing machine. When a genome is loaded into the memory (as the software) of a CPU, the initial state of the Turing machine is set. The hardware, combined with the intera ...
... These components define the low-level behavior of each program; the CPU and the instruction set together form the hardware of a Turing machine. When a genome is loaded into the memory (as the software) of a CPU, the initial state of the Turing machine is set. The hardware, combined with the intera ...
Population genetics is based on statistical models: “A model is an
... Note that Nes > 1 does not guarantee that an allele is going to be fixed, it simply indicates that (as a long term average) the frequency that it is fixed will be greater than the frequency under genetic drift alone. ...
... Note that Nes > 1 does not guarantee that an allele is going to be fixed, it simply indicates that (as a long term average) the frequency that it is fixed will be greater than the frequency under genetic drift alone. ...
Polygenic Traits
... one gene. This means that each dominant allele "adds" to the expression of the next dominant allele. Usually, traits are polygenic when there is wide variation in the trait. For example, humans can be many different sizes. Height is a polygenic trait, controlled by at least three genes with six alle ...
... one gene. This means that each dominant allele "adds" to the expression of the next dominant allele. Usually, traits are polygenic when there is wide variation in the trait. For example, humans can be many different sizes. Height is a polygenic trait, controlled by at least three genes with six alle ...
Bridging the gap between developmental systems theory and
... dispersed developmental resources Ð hence, the ontogeny of information. As against the usual interpretation of evolution as the transmission of genetic information between successive generations, DST underscores the ontogenetic construction of developmental information in each generation from both g ...
... dispersed developmental resources Ð hence, the ontogeny of information. As against the usual interpretation of evolution as the transmission of genetic information between successive generations, DST underscores the ontogenetic construction of developmental information in each generation from both g ...
EvolutionNotesTE
... Mechanisms of Evolution Drift • Genetic _________which is a sampling ______ error. Bottleneck Effect – ___________ in which a population declines rapidly, so that only a small number of members remains. The remaining members are essentially frequencies a random sample and have different Allele ____ ...
... Mechanisms of Evolution Drift • Genetic _________which is a sampling ______ error. Bottleneck Effect – ___________ in which a population declines rapidly, so that only a small number of members remains. The remaining members are essentially frequencies a random sample and have different Allele ____ ...
Introduction to Genetic Algorithms
... The traveling salesman must visit every city in his territory exactly once and then return to the starting point; given the cost of travel between all cities, how should he plan his itinerary for minimum total cost of the entire tour? ...
... The traveling salesman must visit every city in his territory exactly once and then return to the starting point; given the cost of travel between all cities, how should he plan his itinerary for minimum total cost of the entire tour? ...
Emerging model systems in evo-devo: cavefish and microevolution
... model systems in microevolution will be necessary to determine these mechanisms. What are the preferred characteristics of a model system for studying microevolution of development? First, the system should be comprised of populations of the same species that have diverged recently and are evolving ...
... model systems in microevolution will be necessary to determine these mechanisms. What are the preferred characteristics of a model system for studying microevolution of development? First, the system should be comprised of populations of the same species that have diverged recently and are evolving ...
Inherited Representations are Read in
... different genotypes are found over evolutionary time (Condition (a)). Where a genotype G gives rise to a heritable phenotypic difference P, it may be selected. A phenotype P will be selected because of the way it interacts with some feature E of the environment (including existing features of conspe ...
... different genotypes are found over evolutionary time (Condition (a)). Where a genotype G gives rise to a heritable phenotypic difference P, it may be selected. A phenotype P will be selected because of the way it interacts with some feature E of the environment (including existing features of conspe ...
Genetic architecture and balancing selection: the life
... courts, white ‘satellites’ males codisplaying their feather collar but still competing with them, and finally rare ‘faeder’ males mimicking females. Faeders are likely to benefit from NFDS because their rarity allows them discreetly to access females, evading conflict. But the polymorphism of the th ...
... courts, white ‘satellites’ males codisplaying their feather collar but still competing with them, and finally rare ‘faeder’ males mimicking females. Faeders are likely to benefit from NFDS because their rarity allows them discreetly to access females, evading conflict. But the polymorphism of the th ...
Evolution “for the Good of the Group”
... along their genes to the next generation. But perhaps similar processes could operate at other levels of the biological hierarchy. In this way natural selection could perpetuate traits that are favorable not to an individual but to a social unit such as a flock or a colony, or to an entire species, ...
... along their genes to the next generation. But perhaps similar processes could operate at other levels of the biological hierarchy. In this way natural selection could perpetuate traits that are favorable not to an individual but to a social unit such as a flock or a colony, or to an entire species, ...
NONGENETIC SELECTION AND NONGENETIC INHERITANCE
... An obvious objection to what I have just said is that it is wrong to say that there is heritable variation in size in the butterflies. According to the textbook definition, heritable variation requires genetic variation and, by assumption, there is no genetic variation in the butterflies. Heritabil ...
... An obvious objection to what I have just said is that it is wrong to say that there is heritable variation in size in the butterflies. According to the textbook definition, heritable variation requires genetic variation and, by assumption, there is no genetic variation in the butterflies. Heritabil ...
Kap 13 Quantitative Genetics
... components of variance, a change in any one of these will affect it. All the genetic components are affected by gene frequencies and may therefore differ from one population to another, according to the past history of the population. In particular, small populations maintained long enough for an ap ...
... components of variance, a change in any one of these will affect it. All the genetic components are affected by gene frequencies and may therefore differ from one population to another, according to the past history of the population. In particular, small populations maintained long enough for an ap ...