Niche construction theory - synergy
... “complementary match” between organism and environment: It places emphasis on the capacity of organisms to modify environmental states (Lewontin, 1983; Odling-Smee, 1988; Odling-Smee et al., 2003), often but not exclusively, in a manner that suits their genotypes (Fig. 1b). Such matches should be th ...
... “complementary match” between organism and environment: It places emphasis on the capacity of organisms to modify environmental states (Lewontin, 1983; Odling-Smee, 1988; Odling-Smee et al., 2003), often but not exclusively, in a manner that suits their genotypes (Fig. 1b). Such matches should be th ...
View/Open - Rice Scholarship Home
... on to later generations by heredity, and in this way racial adaptations are supposed to have originated. T h u s all racial o r inherent adaptations are held to have come from individual or acquired ones. T h e increased pigmentation of the skin of one who is exposed to tropical light is said to be ...
... on to later generations by heredity, and in this way racial adaptations are supposed to have originated. T h u s all racial o r inherent adaptations are held to have come from individual or acquired ones. T h e increased pigmentation of the skin of one who is exposed to tropical light is said to be ...
Predator-Prey
... of bivalves and the drilling abilities of their gastropod predators have increased in a correlated fashion (Vermeij 1994). Although this sort of correlative evidence is suggestive of arms races, it does not unequivocally establish reciprocal selection and evolution between predators and prey. An alt ...
... of bivalves and the drilling abilities of their gastropod predators have increased in a correlated fashion (Vermeij 1994). Although this sort of correlative evidence is suggestive of arms races, it does not unequivocally establish reciprocal selection and evolution between predators and prey. An alt ...
11. fossils and creation - Sciences and Scriptures
... FASCINATING FOSSILS of this series. A slide of the divisions of the geologic column is repeated below for convenience. This present discussion should be considered along with the two (number 12 and 13) titled: PROBLEMS THE FOSSILS POSE FOR EVOLUTION, part 1 and 2, so as to get a comprehensive view o ...
... FASCINATING FOSSILS of this series. A slide of the divisions of the geologic column is repeated below for convenience. This present discussion should be considered along with the two (number 12 and 13) titled: PROBLEMS THE FOSSILS POSE FOR EVOLUTION, part 1 and 2, so as to get a comprehensive view o ...
Unit 1 •From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
... distinctions between ideas and texts and articulating sufficient, detailed, and relevant textual evidence or background knowledge, using appropriate register. ...
... distinctions between ideas and texts and articulating sufficient, detailed, and relevant textual evidence or background knowledge, using appropriate register. ...
Unit 1 •From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
... distinctions between ideas and texts and articulating sufficient, detailed, and relevant textual evidence or background knowledge, using appropriate register. ...
... distinctions between ideas and texts and articulating sufficient, detailed, and relevant textual evidence or background knowledge, using appropriate register. ...
Evolutionary Psychology 101
... n 2009, Scott Barry Kaufman, my long-time collaborator, coauthor, and long-lost other brother, talked with me about this exciting new series being published by Springer—the Psychology 101 Series—and he talked about this really cool guy, James C. Kaufman (no immediate genetic relation), who was editi ...
... n 2009, Scott Barry Kaufman, my long-time collaborator, coauthor, and long-lost other brother, talked with me about this exciting new series being published by Springer—the Psychology 101 Series—and he talked about this really cool guy, James C. Kaufman (no immediate genetic relation), who was editi ...
HS Biology - Hillside Public Schools
... form of DNA molecules. Genes are regions in the DNA that contain the instructions that code for the formation of proteins, which carry out most of the work of cells. (HSLS1-1) (Note: This Disciplinary Core Idea is also addressed by HS-LS3- 1.) § Multicellular organisms have a hierarchical structural ...
... form of DNA molecules. Genes are regions in the DNA that contain the instructions that code for the formation of proteins, which carry out most of the work of cells. (HSLS1-1) (Note: This Disciplinary Core Idea is also addressed by HS-LS3- 1.) § Multicellular organisms have a hierarchical structural ...
Life Science
... • Explain the interactions between the circulatory and respiratory systems in exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide between cells and the atmosphere (when oxygen enter the body, passes into the blood stream, and is transported into the cell; carbon dioxide is transported out of the cell, passes into ...
... • Explain the interactions between the circulatory and respiratory systems in exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide between cells and the atmosphere (when oxygen enter the body, passes into the blood stream, and is transported into the cell; carbon dioxide is transported out of the cell, passes into ...
evolution in action in the classroom: engaging students in scientific
... first to combine many observations about living organisms, geologic processes, fossils, and artificial selection to propose a workable mechanism for how it occurs. Other naturalists, including Alfred Russel Wallace, also proposed theories of natural selection, but Darwin’s theory was developed earl ...
... first to combine many observations about living organisms, geologic processes, fossils, and artificial selection to propose a workable mechanism for how it occurs. Other naturalists, including Alfred Russel Wallace, also proposed theories of natural selection, but Darwin’s theory was developed earl ...
Conceptual Barriers to Progress Within Evolutionary Biology
... device. Instead of describing the evolution of organisms relative to natural selection pressures in independent external environments, as in (1), Odling-Smee et al. (2003) describe evolution relative to the “niches”, or organism-environment interactive relationships, as in (2). Because niches are de ...
... device. Instead of describing the evolution of organisms relative to natural selection pressures in independent external environments, as in (1), Odling-Smee et al. (2003) describe evolution relative to the “niches”, or organism-environment interactive relationships, as in (2). Because niches are de ...
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... 14.1 How Did Evolutionary Thought Develop? Early biological thought did not include the concept of evolution (continued) – Pre-Darwinian science was heavily influenced by theological ideas, maintaining that all organisms were created simultaneously by God, and that each distinct life-form was per ...
... 14.1 How Did Evolutionary Thought Develop? Early biological thought did not include the concept of evolution (continued) – Pre-Darwinian science was heavily influenced by theological ideas, maintaining that all organisms were created simultaneously by God, and that each distinct life-form was per ...
Environmental Grain, Organism Fitness, and Type
... The preceding discussion suggests ways in which very small-scale, detailed patterns of variation might affect the survival and reproduction of a house sparrow, though it ignores many aspects of house sparrow life, such as environmental interactions affecting development.2 Notice, though, that many of ...
... The preceding discussion suggests ways in which very small-scale, detailed patterns of variation might affect the survival and reproduction of a house sparrow, though it ignores many aspects of house sparrow life, such as environmental interactions affecting development.2 Notice, though, that many of ...
Ecological character displacement in the face of gene flow
... isolation between incipient species, although empirical evidence for it at early stages of divergence when gene flow still occurs between the species is relatively scarce. Here we studied patterns of morphological variation in sympatric and allopatric populations of two hybridizing species of birds, ...
... isolation between incipient species, although empirical evidence for it at early stages of divergence when gene flow still occurs between the species is relatively scarce. Here we studied patterns of morphological variation in sympatric and allopatric populations of two hybridizing species of birds, ...
Exploring Evolutionary Constraints Is a Task for an Integrative
... vergence accountable purely on the basis of closely comparable environmental and ecological opportunities leading to intense selection for certain directions of change, or are there properties of the genetical and developmental systems that underlie the suites of traits that introduce bias and thus ...
... vergence accountable purely on the basis of closely comparable environmental and ecological opportunities leading to intense selection for certain directions of change, or are there properties of the genetical and developmental systems that underlie the suites of traits that introduce bias and thus ...
Darwin Finches : Explaining coexistence with adaptive
... fitness relation is dynamic and may depend on the traits of other individuals, according to the idea of frequency dependent selection from evolutionary game theory (Metz et al. 1992). Adaptive dynamics is thus a powerful set of methods to predict evolution in models involving densitydependence (com ...
... fitness relation is dynamic and may depend on the traits of other individuals, according to the idea of frequency dependent selection from evolutionary game theory (Metz et al. 1992). Adaptive dynamics is thus a powerful set of methods to predict evolution in models involving densitydependence (com ...
ppt
... P – Persistent CSMA details • the time slot is usually set to the maximum propagation delay. • as p decreases, stations wait longer to transmit but the number of collisions decreases • Considerations for the choice of p: • (n x p) must be < 1 for stability, where n is maximum number of stations, i. ...
... P – Persistent CSMA details • the time slot is usually set to the maximum propagation delay. • as p decreases, stations wait longer to transmit but the number of collisions decreases • Considerations for the choice of p: • (n x p) must be < 1 for stability, where n is maximum number of stations, i. ...
Curriculum Vitae - Population Genetics and Bioinformatics
... My primary research goal is to understand the processes affecting the evolution of populations. Specifically, my goal is to obtain insights into the evolutionary forces that shape biodiversity. Biodiversity is organized at levels, forming a hierarchy: First, within a population, at the lowest level, ...
... My primary research goal is to understand the processes affecting the evolution of populations. Specifically, my goal is to obtain insights into the evolutionary forces that shape biodiversity. Biodiversity is organized at levels, forming a hierarchy: First, within a population, at the lowest level, ...
Chapter 7 The Evolution of Living Things-1n7p04n
... Your son's or daughter's science class will soon begin exploring the chapter entitled “The World of Physical Science.” In this chapter, students will learn about how the scientific method applies to the world of physical science and the role of physical science in the world. By the end of the chapte ...
... Your son's or daughter's science class will soon begin exploring the chapter entitled “The World of Physical Science.” In this chapter, students will learn about how the scientific method applies to the world of physical science and the role of physical science in the world. By the end of the chapte ...
Document
... Ecological Succession: sequence of distinctive plant and animal communities occurring within a given area of newly formed land or land cleared of plant cover by burning, clear cutting, or other agents Primary succession: succession on a new deposit of rock or mineral fragments Secondary succession: ...
... Ecological Succession: sequence of distinctive plant and animal communities occurring within a given area of newly formed land or land cleared of plant cover by burning, clear cutting, or other agents Primary succession: succession on a new deposit of rock or mineral fragments Secondary succession: ...
Unit 2 - AGNR Groups
... Now that we have a few terms under our belts, let’s take a look back at classification systems past and present. The classification used today got its formal start with Linnaeus back in the early 1700’s. Like others before him, he grouped organisms based on similarities that they shared- these could ...
... Now that we have a few terms under our belts, let’s take a look back at classification systems past and present. The classification used today got its formal start with Linnaeus back in the early 1700’s. Like others before him, he grouped organisms based on similarities that they shared- these could ...
Paleontological Patterns, Macroecological Dynamics and the
... scientists accept today, then speciation and macroevolution are largely caused by Earth history changes. That is, a sequence of geologic or climatic changes contribute to a sequence of biological changes. If so, then evolution becomes about contingency, using the term from Gould (1989; see Lieberman ...
... scientists accept today, then speciation and macroevolution are largely caused by Earth history changes. That is, a sequence of geologic or climatic changes contribute to a sequence of biological changes. If so, then evolution becomes about contingency, using the term from Gould (1989; see Lieberman ...
Remarks on g*- Closed Sets in Digital Line
... wg -clopen in (X, τ) for every subset V of (Y, σ). 8) LC-continuous [7] if f 1 (V) is a lc set of (X, τ) for every open set V of (Y, σ). 2.6 Definition A map f : X Y is called 1) Irresolute [4] if f 1 (V) is a semi-open set of (X,) for every semi-open set V of (Y,). 2) g * - Irresolute [14] if ...
... wg -clopen in (X, τ) for every subset V of (Y, σ). 8) LC-continuous [7] if f 1 (V) is a lc set of (X, τ) for every open set V of (Y, σ). 2.6 Definition A map f : X Y is called 1) Irresolute [4] if f 1 (V) is a semi-open set of (X,) for every semi-open set V of (Y,). 2) g * - Irresolute [14] if ...
modelling the ecological context of evolutionary change
... process is distinct from the others, the ecological theories developed for each of them share at least one common feature: They have been directed towards describing and explaining the distribution and abundance of different kinds of organisms (typically species) as a result of these processes. Indi ...
... process is distinct from the others, the ecological theories developed for each of them share at least one common feature: They have been directed towards describing and explaining the distribution and abundance of different kinds of organisms (typically species) as a result of these processes. Indi ...
Full citation: Hamblin, Jacob D. (ed.), Roundtable Review of
... Russell’s examination of “the ways populations of human beings and other species have shaped each other’s traits over time and the significance of those changes for all those populations” (5) carries on ...
... Russell’s examination of “the ways populations of human beings and other species have shaped each other’s traits over time and the significance of those changes for all those populations” (5) carries on ...
Evolving digital ecological networks
Evolving digital ecological networks are webs of interacting, self-replicating, and evolving computer programs (i.e., digital organisms) that experience the same major ecological interactions as biological organisms (e.g., competition, predation, parasitism, and mutualism). Despite being computational, these programs evolve quickly in an open-ended way, and starting from only one or two ancestral organisms, the formation of ecological networks can be observed in real-time by tracking interactions between the constantly evolving organism phenotypes. These phenotypes may be defined by combinations of logical computations (hereafter tasks) that digital organisms perform and by expressed behaviors that have evolved. The types and outcomes of interactions between phenotypes are determined by task overlap for logic-defined phenotypes and by responses to encounters in the case of behavioral phenotypes. Biologists use these evolving networks to study active and fundamental topics within evolutionary ecology (e.g., the extent to which the architecture of multispecies networks shape coevolutionary outcomes, and the processes involved).