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... A. The amino acid sequences of cytochrome c (an enzyme in mitochondria) differ between humans and chimpanzees by one amino acid. B. If the gene for human insulin is inserted into bacteria, the bacteria can make human insulin. C. Medium ground finches (Geospiza fortis) have beaks that are similar in ...
... A. The amino acid sequences of cytochrome c (an enzyme in mitochondria) differ between humans and chimpanzees by one amino acid. B. If the gene for human insulin is inserted into bacteria, the bacteria can make human insulin. C. Medium ground finches (Geospiza fortis) have beaks that are similar in ...
No Shame in Justice
... are abandoned. Figures for these are inevitably vague, but it is thought that the number could, today, total more than 100,000. These children are amongst the most hidden, and yet vulnerable to stigma. Whilst the violence itself was not perpetrated against them, the stigma attached to their concepti ...
... are abandoned. Figures for these are inevitably vague, but it is thought that the number could, today, total more than 100,000. These children are amongst the most hidden, and yet vulnerable to stigma. Whilst the violence itself was not perpetrated against them, the stigma attached to their concepti ...
The evolution of reversed sexual size dimorphism in hawks, falcons
... phylogenetically independent contrasts, to investigate potential correlates of reversed size dimorphism. Using a similar set of explanatory variables, covering morphology, life history and ecology, I tested whether any trait coevolved with size dimorphism in all three groups and hence provided a gen ...
... phylogenetically independent contrasts, to investigate potential correlates of reversed size dimorphism. Using a similar set of explanatory variables, covering morphology, life history and ecology, I tested whether any trait coevolved with size dimorphism in all three groups and hence provided a gen ...
Minireview: Sex Chromosomes and Brain Sexual Differentiation
... with equal levels of testosterone, or in gonadally intact newborn mice (41). For most of these variables, mice with testes (XXSry and XY⫺Sry) are more masculine than mice with ovaries (XX and XY⫺), and the sex chromosomes induce no group differences in mice with same gonadal type (Fig. 2). For examp ...
... with equal levels of testosterone, or in gonadally intact newborn mice (41). For most of these variables, mice with testes (XXSry and XY⫺Sry) are more masculine than mice with ovaries (XX and XY⫺), and the sex chromosomes induce no group differences in mice with same gonadal type (Fig. 2). For examp ...
The Best Kept Secret: Mother-Daughter Sexual Abuse
... It is difficult to find statistical data about any female perpetrators, let alone specifically about mothers who abuse their own children. There are two major sources of information: government statistics and research studies in which adults complete anonymous “retrospective surveys” indicating spec ...
... It is difficult to find statistical data about any female perpetrators, let alone specifically about mothers who abuse their own children. There are two major sources of information: government statistics and research studies in which adults complete anonymous “retrospective surveys” indicating spec ...
Lesson Overview - Mr. Pelton Science
... Survival of the Fittest • According to Darwin, differences in adaptations affect an individual’s fitness. • Fitness describes how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment. • Individuals with adaptations that are wellsuited to their environment can survive and reproduce and are s ...
... Survival of the Fittest • According to Darwin, differences in adaptations affect an individual’s fitness. • Fitness describes how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment. • Individuals with adaptations that are wellsuited to their environment can survive and reproduce and are s ...
Chapter 7
... think that species could evolve over time. It became clear to Darwin that Earth was much older than anyone had imagined. ...
... think that species could evolve over time. It became clear to Darwin that Earth was much older than anyone had imagined. ...
Natural Selection in Relation to Complexity
... level of selective percolation as the background to occasional episodes of secular evolutionary change. And here we also see selection entangled in a mesh of extensional complexity that it cannot be held responsible for having produced as a result of promoting the currently best organismic traits wi ...
... level of selective percolation as the background to occasional episodes of secular evolutionary change. And here we also see selection entangled in a mesh of extensional complexity that it cannot be held responsible for having produced as a result of promoting the currently best organismic traits wi ...
Host-shift effects on mating behavior and
... routes all over the world (Alvarez et al. 2005). Further, depletion of the preferable host forced mated females to lay eggs on less suitable host and a new generation developed on chickpeas. To determine these short-term developmental effects of the host-shift on behavioral traits, we created experi ...
... routes all over the world (Alvarez et al. 2005). Further, depletion of the preferable host forced mated females to lay eggs on less suitable host and a new generation developed on chickpeas. To determine these short-term developmental effects of the host-shift on behavioral traits, we created experi ...
Evolution by Natural Selection
... different individuals must contribute to differences in fitness (i.e. differences in ability to survive and reproduce). For example, variation in pompom colour may influence the probability that a pompom is snatched up by a hungry hunter. Also, different feeding types may vary in their success in ca ...
... different individuals must contribute to differences in fitness (i.e. differences in ability to survive and reproduce). For example, variation in pompom colour may influence the probability that a pompom is snatched up by a hungry hunter. Also, different feeding types may vary in their success in ca ...
Limits to natural selection
... evolved so as to facilitate further evolution, one would need to show either that selection within populations favours individual alleles that modify the genetic system appropriately, or that selection between groups can overcome the intrinsically stronger force of selection between individuals. Suc ...
... evolved so as to facilitate further evolution, one would need to show either that selection within populations favours individual alleles that modify the genetic system appropriately, or that selection between groups can overcome the intrinsically stronger force of selection between individuals. Suc ...
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... the southern hemisphere meant that Darwin was away for five years and was, he said, ‘by far the most important event in my life’.’ It was on this voyage that he began to formulate the views on the development of species through natural selection that he made famous in The Origin of Species, publishe ...
... the southern hemisphere meant that Darwin was away for five years and was, he said, ‘by far the most important event in my life’.’ It was on this voyage that he began to formulate the views on the development of species through natural selection that he made famous in The Origin of Species, publishe ...
Myths and Facts about Sexual Violence
... fear of being blamed, not being believed and being required to go through judicial proceedings. Just because a person does not report the Sexual Violence does not mean it did not happen. 8) Myth: Only young, pretty women are assaulted. Fact: The belief that only young, pretty women are sexually assa ...
... fear of being blamed, not being believed and being required to go through judicial proceedings. Just because a person does not report the Sexual Violence does not mean it did not happen. 8) Myth: Only young, pretty women are assaulted. Fact: The belief that only young, pretty women are sexually assa ...
Evolution - Studies Today
... adaptation, the refinement of characteristics that equip organisms to perform successfully in their environment. However, unfortunately we remember Lamarck for his erroneous view of how adaptation evolved (the inheritance of acquired characters). Branching descent and natural selection are the two k ...
... adaptation, the refinement of characteristics that equip organisms to perform successfully in their environment. However, unfortunately we remember Lamarck for his erroneous view of how adaptation evolved (the inheritance of acquired characters). Branching descent and natural selection are the two k ...
During his voyage on the Beagle, Charles Darwin made many
... if species living on different islands had once been members of the same species. if finches and tortoises had originated from the same ancestral species. if all birds on the different islands were finches. why all tortoises on the different ...
... if species living on different islands had once been members of the same species. if finches and tortoises had originated from the same ancestral species. if all birds on the different islands were finches. why all tortoises on the different ...
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... 1093)—i.e., basically the functionality and durability of their beak in the hard environment. To test their hypotheses, they developed “finite-element models” (FEMs) of the upper beak in ground finches (1094), collected, dissected, and CT-scanned several specimens, including the G. fortis, G. fuligi ...
... 1093)—i.e., basically the functionality and durability of their beak in the hard environment. To test their hypotheses, they developed “finite-element models” (FEMs) of the upper beak in ground finches (1094), collected, dissected, and CT-scanned several specimens, including the G. fortis, G. fuligi ...
VICTORIAN COUGAR: H. RIDER HAGGARD`S
... the unwitting Leo throughout the novel, first Ustane and then Ayesha, and his success in “mating” coincides with Darwin’s theories about male beauty and female choice. Darwin writes in The Descent of Man (1871): it appears that female birds in a state of nature, have by a long selection of the more ...
... the unwitting Leo throughout the novel, first Ustane and then Ayesha, and his success in “mating” coincides with Darwin’s theories about male beauty and female choice. Darwin writes in The Descent of Man (1871): it appears that female birds in a state of nature, have by a long selection of the more ...
Evolution and the Bounds of Human
... would be predicted to emerge under the pressures of competitive constraints. Behaviors that increase sexual opportunities by enhancing physical survival and resource accumulation can be identified from knowledge of the evolutionary environment, but behaviors that increase fitness through their attra ...
... would be predicted to emerge under the pressures of competitive constraints. Behaviors that increase sexual opportunities by enhancing physical survival and resource accumulation can be identified from knowledge of the evolutionary environment, but behaviors that increase fitness through their attra ...
Mayr - Eric L. Peters` Home Page
... "An organism is atomized into traits and these traits are explained as structures optimally designed by natural selection for their functions" (p. 585), represents the thinking of the average evolutionist. By choosing this atomistic definition of the adaptationist program and by their additional ins ...
... "An organism is atomized into traits and these traits are explained as structures optimally designed by natural selection for their functions" (p. 585), represents the thinking of the average evolutionist. By choosing this atomistic definition of the adaptationist program and by their additional ins ...
Evolution and Information
... that it cannot be used to power any kind of work. In energy terms, the idea of „maximum entropy‟ is equivalent to thinking of „maximum spread-outness‟. When Schrödinger talks about life having negative entropy, he means that it has the ability to gather up some of that dispersed energy, thereby redu ...
... that it cannot be used to power any kind of work. In energy terms, the idea of „maximum entropy‟ is equivalent to thinking of „maximum spread-outness‟. When Schrödinger talks about life having negative entropy, he means that it has the ability to gather up some of that dispersed energy, thereby redu ...
How to Carry Out the Adaptationist Program? Ernst Mayr The
... "An organism is atomized into traits and these traits are explained as structures optimally designed by natural selection for their functions" (p. 585), represents the thinking of the average evolutionist. By choosing this atomistic definition of the adaptationist program and by their additional ins ...
... "An organism is atomized into traits and these traits are explained as structures optimally designed by natural selection for their functions" (p. 585), represents the thinking of the average evolutionist. By choosing this atomistic definition of the adaptationist program and by their additional ins ...
Sexually harmful behaviour in young children and the link
... view of the relatively small sample size and the severe nature of these particular cases, the conclusions derived from this study may not necessarily hold for the general population of children with sexually harmful behaviour. However, they do warrant consideration in the assessment, management and ...
... view of the relatively small sample size and the severe nature of these particular cases, the conclusions derived from this study may not necessarily hold for the general population of children with sexually harmful behaviour. However, they do warrant consideration in the assessment, management and ...
Population Genetics
... Why Doesn’t Natural Selection Eliminate All Genetic Variation in Populations? • Natural selection does tend to reduce variability in populations by eliminating less fit alleles • Mechanisms which counteract that elimination to preserve genetic variation include: – The diploid condition preserves va ...
... Why Doesn’t Natural Selection Eliminate All Genetic Variation in Populations? • Natural selection does tend to reduce variability in populations by eliminating less fit alleles • Mechanisms which counteract that elimination to preserve genetic variation include: – The diploid condition preserves va ...
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... Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection • In 1859, Darwin published a famous book called On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. • In his book, Darwin proposed the theory that change in populations happens through natural selection. • Natural selection is the process by which organisms ...
... Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection • In 1859, Darwin published a famous book called On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. • In his book, Darwin proposed the theory that change in populations happens through natural selection. • Natural selection is the process by which organisms ...
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... • Mice mature early and reproduce quickly whereas bears mature late and reproduce late • Some plants live and flower for only one season, others live and flower for centuries • Some bivalves produce millions of tiny eggs at once, others less than 100 large eggs at a time ...
... • Mice mature early and reproduce quickly whereas bears mature late and reproduce late • Some plants live and flower for only one season, others live and flower for centuries • Some bivalves produce millions of tiny eggs at once, others less than 100 large eggs at a time ...
Sexual selection
Sexual selection is a mode of natural selection where typically members of one gender choose mates of the other gender to mate with, called intersexual selection, and where females normally do the choosing, and competition between members of the same gender to sexually reproduce with members of the opposite sex, called intrasexual selection. These two forms of selection mean that some individuals have better reproductive success than others within a population either from being sexier or preferring sexier partners to produce offspring. For instance in the breeding season sexual selection in frogs occurs with the males first gathering at the water's edge and croaking. The females then arrive and choose the males with the deepest croaks and best territories. Generalizing, males benefit from frequent mating and monopolizing access to a group of fertile females. Females have a limited number of offspring they can have and they maximize the return on the energy they invest in reproduction.First articulated by Charles Darwin who described it as driving speciation and that many organisms had evolved features whose function was deleterious to their individual survival, and then developed by Ronald Fisher in the early 20th century. Sexual selection can lead typically males to extreme efforts to demonstrate their fitness to be chosen by females, producing secondary sexual characteristics, such as ornate bird tails like the peacock plumage, or the antlers of deer, or the manes of lions, caused by a positive feedback mechanism known as a Fisherian runaway, where the passing on of the desire for a trait in one sex is as important as having the trait in the other sex in producing the runaway effect. Although the sexy son hypothesis indicates that females would prefer male sons, Fisher's principle explains why the sex ratio is 1:1 almost without exception. Sexual selection is also found in plants and fungi.The maintenance of sexual reproduction in a highly competitive world has long been one of the major mysteries of biology given that asexual reproduction can reproduce much more quickly as 50% of offspring are not males, unable to produce offspring themselves. However, research published in 2015 indicates that sexual selection can explain the persistence of sexual reproduction.