Topic 4 - OoCities
... could, which allowed them to reproduce more moths with the genes for speckled color. Then, the trees began to get covered in suit due to the industrialization, and the black moth was able to be more camouflaged than the speckled moths. Because of this more black moths than speckled moths evaded pred ...
... could, which allowed them to reproduce more moths with the genes for speckled color. Then, the trees began to get covered in suit due to the industrialization, and the black moth was able to be more camouflaged than the speckled moths. Because of this more black moths than speckled moths evaded pred ...
Subsidized Island Biogeography Hypothesis: another new twist on
... and others have used to describe the productivity (P)± diversity (D) relationship. The traditional IB equilibrium theory predicts increasing immigration of new species coupled with decreasing extinction as a function of island area until species richness reaches an equilibrium point (S) that is lowe ...
... and others have used to describe the productivity (P)± diversity (D) relationship. The traditional IB equilibrium theory predicts increasing immigration of new species coupled with decreasing extinction as a function of island area until species richness reaches an equilibrium point (S) that is lowe ...
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... sampling is difficult or expensive (Foote et al., 2012; Kelly et al., 2014b). While qPCR techniques have focused on single species detections to good effect (Mahon et al., 2013; Eichmiller et al., 2014), high-throughput sequencing using generalized PCR primers offers the promise of a more holistic v ...
... sampling is difficult or expensive (Foote et al., 2012; Kelly et al., 2014b). While qPCR techniques have focused on single species detections to good effect (Mahon et al., 2013; Eichmiller et al., 2014), high-throughput sequencing using generalized PCR primers offers the promise of a more holistic v ...
assessment
... of heterozygosity and high levels of inbreeding compared with mainland populations. The Whitlock Island Dibbler subpopulation appears to have been founded by animals from Boullanger Island, but founder effects and isolation have resulted in two genetically distinct subpopulations. There is evidence ...
... of heterozygosity and high levels of inbreeding compared with mainland populations. The Whitlock Island Dibbler subpopulation appears to have been founded by animals from Boullanger Island, but founder effects and isolation have resulted in two genetically distinct subpopulations. There is evidence ...
Descent with Modification: A
... Describe five prezygotic isolating mechanisms and give an example of each. Explain a possible cause for reduced hybrid viability. Explain how hybrid breakdown maintains separate species even if fertilization occurs. Describe some limitations of the biological species concept. Define and distinguish ...
... Describe five prezygotic isolating mechanisms and give an example of each. Explain a possible cause for reduced hybrid viability. Explain how hybrid breakdown maintains separate species even if fertilization occurs. Describe some limitations of the biological species concept. Define and distinguish ...
Descent with Modification
... Describe five prezygotic isolating mechanisms and give an example of each. Explain a possible cause for reduced hybrid viability. Explain how hybrid breakdown maintains separate species even if fertilization occurs. Describe some limitations of the biological species concept. Define and distinguish ...
... Describe five prezygotic isolating mechanisms and give an example of each. Explain a possible cause for reduced hybrid viability. Explain how hybrid breakdown maintains separate species even if fertilization occurs. Describe some limitations of the biological species concept. Define and distinguish ...
Evolution of Lake Malawi Cichlid Fishes (Perciformes: Teleostei)
... progress has been made in determining the critical factors that have accelerated or retarded diversification. The possibility of sexual selection has raised enonnous interest (Turner 1997), but there have been few critical examinations of more conventional models of diversification. That is, alterna ...
... progress has been made in determining the critical factors that have accelerated or retarded diversification. The possibility of sexual selection has raised enonnous interest (Turner 1997), but there have been few critical examinations of more conventional models of diversification. That is, alterna ...
The Potential Conservation Value of NonNative Species
... is generally an increase in diversity. Such an increase has occurred with plants, mammals, birds, fishes, and many other groups on both islands and continents worldwide (Sax et al. 2002; Sax & Gaines 2003). Locally the effects of non-native species on alpha diversity are likely to be more idiosyncra ...
... is generally an increase in diversity. Such an increase has occurred with plants, mammals, birds, fishes, and many other groups on both islands and continents worldwide (Sax et al. 2002; Sax & Gaines 2003). Locally the effects of non-native species on alpha diversity are likely to be more idiosyncra ...
A call for an end to calls for the end of invasion biology
... fraction of the tally of those involving non-native species. For instance, in the United States, non-native plant species are 40 times more likely than native plant species to behave in ways that would be termed invasive (Simberloff et al. 2012). In those instances where native plant species have b ...
... fraction of the tally of those involving non-native species. For instance, in the United States, non-native plant species are 40 times more likely than native plant species to behave in ways that would be termed invasive (Simberloff et al. 2012). In those instances where native plant species have b ...
... we show that the effects of diversity on biomass productivity increased and became less saturating over time. Our analyses suggest that effects of diversity-dependent ecosystem feedbacks and interspecific complementarity accumulate over time, causing high-diversity species combinations that appeared ...
Spatial Variability Enhances Species Fitness in
... respect to even rather drastic changes of the detailed microscopic interaction rules [20,22]. Yet to render these models more realistic and relevant for biological systems, one must obviously allow for different fitness of the individuals as well as spatial variations in the rates that describe the ...
... respect to even rather drastic changes of the detailed microscopic interaction rules [20,22]. Yet to render these models more realistic and relevant for biological systems, one must obviously allow for different fitness of the individuals as well as spatial variations in the rates that describe the ...
Chapter One Targets
... I can describe what happens to the amount of available energy as you move up a food chain. (Rule of 10) I can describe why energy flow, mass, and populations in ecology are best represented by a pyramid. I can tell the difference between a food chain and a food web. I can predict what will happen to ...
... I can describe what happens to the amount of available energy as you move up a food chain. (Rule of 10) I can describe why energy flow, mass, and populations in ecology are best represented by a pyramid. I can tell the difference between a food chain and a food web. I can predict what will happen to ...
to the complete programme with abstracts
... topologies based both on molecules and on morphology. Even though works as James & Davidson (2012) or Domı́nguez et al. (2015) have outlined the potential of molecular phylogenies as the backbone of a reviewed earthworm taxonomy, it was not without their own pitfalls. The usual molecular markers (i. ...
... topologies based both on molecules and on morphology. Even though works as James & Davidson (2012) or Domı́nguez et al. (2015) have outlined the potential of molecular phylogenies as the backbone of a reviewed earthworm taxonomy, it was not without their own pitfalls. The usual molecular markers (i. ...
Branching Vase Sponge
... TRAITS. Callyspongia vaginalis is a simple, primitive marine organism and is among the most abundant species of sponges on many coral reefs in the Caribbean. Many morphologies, surface coloration and growth forms have been observed, but it is usually encountered as one to several elastic grey tubes ...
... TRAITS. Callyspongia vaginalis is a simple, primitive marine organism and is among the most abundant species of sponges on many coral reefs in the Caribbean. Many morphologies, surface coloration and growth forms have been observed, but it is usually encountered as one to several elastic grey tubes ...
1.4.1 - 1.4.4 Ecology, Ecosystem, Biosphere, Habitat
... environment, obtain energy and nutrients, and avoid predators. ...
... environment, obtain energy and nutrients, and avoid predators. ...
spatial selection and inheritance
... and the spatial distribution of populations in heterogeneous space, and focuses empirical efforts on critical parameters estimable from field data. In addition, it highlights the generality of selection and inheritance as mechanisms of ecological as well as evolutionary change and provides opportunit ...
... and the spatial distribution of populations in heterogeneous space, and focuses empirical efforts on critical parameters estimable from field data. In addition, it highlights the generality of selection and inheritance as mechanisms of ecological as well as evolutionary change and provides opportunit ...
Recognition of Human Genes by Stochastic Parsing 1 Introduction
... patterns during the parsing process, but searching the motif patterns after/before finding the coding regions cannot directly affect the parsing process itself. Experimental results have shown that this method reasonably finds and annotates the motifs in the exons in the DNA sequence of human. ...
... patterns during the parsing process, but searching the motif patterns after/before finding the coding regions cannot directly affect the parsing process itself. Experimental results have shown that this method reasonably finds and annotates the motifs in the exons in the DNA sequence of human. ...
diversity, utilization of resources, and adaptive radiation in shallow
... asscmblagcs presumably result fro’m radiations relatively recent in geologic time, some of the genera involved are known to have had similarly large numbers of co-occurring species as far back as the mid-Tertiary (Hall 1964; see also Stehli et al. 1969). What factors have influenced these strikingly ...
... asscmblagcs presumably result fro’m radiations relatively recent in geologic time, some of the genera involved are known to have had similarly large numbers of co-occurring species as far back as the mid-Tertiary (Hall 1964; see also Stehli et al. 1969). What factors have influenced these strikingly ...
PopBio 2012 Abstracts - Department of Evolutionary Biology and
... depend on the species’ potential responses, which are the outcome of species-‐specific traits. For simplicity, models often use a restricted species’ responses arsenal, in which competitive ability facilitates spec ...
... depend on the species’ potential responses, which are the outcome of species-‐specific traits. For simplicity, models often use a restricted species’ responses arsenal, in which competitive ability facilitates spec ...
1 Everything Is Connected
... the web of life. In this web, energy and resources pass between organisms and their surroundings. The study of how different organisms interact with one another and their environment is ecology. An alligator may hunt along the edge of a river. It may catch a fish, such as a gar, that swims by too cl ...
... the web of life. In this web, energy and resources pass between organisms and their surroundings. The study of how different organisms interact with one another and their environment is ecology. An alligator may hunt along the edge of a river. It may catch a fish, such as a gar, that swims by too cl ...