Phylum Echinodermata
... Dioecious with sperm or eggs produced in 2 or more gonads in each arm Larval stage = bipinnaria Phylum Echinodermata ...
... Dioecious with sperm or eggs produced in 2 or more gonads in each arm Larval stage = bipinnaria Phylum Echinodermata ...
7th grade ch.1 animals test
... 75. What is the term for asexual reproduction in sponges? Explain how the new individual forms. 76. One type of coral, called a soft coral, does not produce a hard skeleton. Would soft corals to build coral reefs? Explain why or why not. 77. Suppose you find a worm in the soil. How can you tell whic ...
... 75. What is the term for asexual reproduction in sponges? Explain how the new individual forms. 76. One type of coral, called a soft coral, does not produce a hard skeleton. Would soft corals to build coral reefs? Explain why or why not. 77. Suppose you find a worm in the soil. How can you tell whic ...
factors influencing recruitment strategies
... Price (2007) defines strategic recruitment as identification of real recruitment needs and fulfilling those needs. The organization‟s human resource needs are tied to the overall business plan. The needs are in terms of numbers, quality, specialized skills and talents in every area of the organizati ...
... Price (2007) defines strategic recruitment as identification of real recruitment needs and fulfilling those needs. The organization‟s human resource needs are tied to the overall business plan. The needs are in terms of numbers, quality, specialized skills and talents in every area of the organizati ...
Depletion and Social Reproduction
... services that are supplied to units other than their producers, or intended to be so supplied, including the production of goods or services used up in the process of producing such goods or services” (SNA 2008, 98; our italics). This production relies on social reproduction (and we argue depletion) ...
... services that are supplied to units other than their producers, or intended to be so supplied, including the production of goods or services used up in the process of producing such goods or services” (SNA 2008, 98; our italics). This production relies on social reproduction (and we argue depletion) ...
Social semantics: how useful has group selection been?
... not only correct and a potentially useful tool (it can be useful to look at things from multiple perspectives), but that it often leads to considerable confusion (West et al., 2007b). In contrast, the kin selection approach is easy to both use and apply to real biological cases (West et al., 2007b). ...
... not only correct and a potentially useful tool (it can be useful to look at things from multiple perspectives), but that it often leads to considerable confusion (West et al., 2007b). In contrast, the kin selection approach is easy to both use and apply to real biological cases (West et al., 2007b). ...
Criticism and a First Selectionist Metamodel for the Growth of
... The creation of this dissertation parallels its own topic: a continuous process of trial and error. The ability to run trials requires freedom of thought, the will to question any supposed acquired knowledge, the confidence to propose novel ideas, and the recognition of change and diversity. Additio ...
... The creation of this dissertation parallels its own topic: a continuous process of trial and error. The ability to run trials requires freedom of thought, the will to question any supposed acquired knowledge, the confidence to propose novel ideas, and the recognition of change and diversity. Additio ...
The Homeopathy of Kin Selection
... behavior directed to relatives. Since it is a propensity to favor kin over non-kin and close kin over distant kin, van den Berghe also calls it nepotism. Indeed, the intensity of kin selection is proportional to the coefficient of relatedness (of the donor and the recipient of the altruistic act). R ...
... behavior directed to relatives. Since it is a propensity to favor kin over non-kin and close kin over distant kin, van den Berghe also calls it nepotism. Indeed, the intensity of kin selection is proportional to the coefficient of relatedness (of the donor and the recipient of the altruistic act). R ...
Charles Darwin Meets Amoeba economicus: Why Natural Selection
... The idea that organisms are rational, called the “Organismus economicus” hypothesis, stands in stark contrast to the old-fashioned idea of organisms as programmed or self-operating machines, which shall be named the “Organismus automaton” hypothesis. If the Organismus automaton hypothesis is, at lea ...
... The idea that organisms are rational, called the “Organismus economicus” hypothesis, stands in stark contrast to the old-fashioned idea of organisms as programmed or self-operating machines, which shall be named the “Organismus automaton” hypothesis. If the Organismus automaton hypothesis is, at lea ...
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... concur with these authors and contend that Balanced Scorecards Strategy considers financial indicators as one of the critical measures o f firm performance. Strategies are forward looking, designed to be accomplished several years into the future. Steiner (1979) contends that formal strategic planni ...
... concur with these authors and contend that Balanced Scorecards Strategy considers financial indicators as one of the critical measures o f firm performance. Strategies are forward looking, designed to be accomplished several years into the future. Steiner (1979) contends that formal strategic planni ...
Running head: The evolutionary genetics of personality
... the phenotype is potentially visible to natural selection, though to varying degrees. Of course, those rare mutations that actually increase fitness will tend to spread through the population, driving adaptive evolution. Selection is most obvious against mutations that lead to premature death or ste ...
... the phenotype is potentially visible to natural selection, though to varying degrees. Of course, those rare mutations that actually increase fitness will tend to spread through the population, driving adaptive evolution. Selection is most obvious against mutations that lead to premature death or ste ...
Household Strategies: their conceptual relevance and analytical
... practices of households and at the way in which economic relationships are socially embedded (Granovetter 1985). In other words, this involves using a more substantivist or anthropological approach to the issue in research. Such practices are governed not so much by formal as by informal rules and ...
... practices of households and at the way in which economic relationships are socially embedded (Granovetter 1985). In other words, this involves using a more substantivist or anthropological approach to the issue in research. Such practices are governed not so much by formal as by informal rules and ...
Interacting Phenotypes and the Evolutionary Process. II. Selection
... estimates of the force of social selection that can be used to model the evolution of interacting phenotypes when combined with the appropriate genetic model. Social selection can be viewed as one component in the partitioning of selection (Arnold and Wade 1984a, 1984b; Frank 1997). When the charact ...
... estimates of the force of social selection that can be used to model the evolution of interacting phenotypes when combined with the appropriate genetic model. Social selection can be viewed as one component in the partitioning of selection (Arnold and Wade 1984a, 1984b; Frank 1997). When the charact ...
Weatherhead, P.J. and Blouin-Demers, G
... slower mass growth and reduced RCM of reproductive females. A rigid transmitter in the body cavity and a flexible antenna running under the skin could affect a snake's constricting ability, although the transmitters were always less than 3.8% of a snake's SVL. Second, the cost of transporting transm ...
... slower mass growth and reduced RCM of reproductive females. A rigid transmitter in the body cavity and a flexible antenna running under the skin could affect a snake's constricting ability, although the transmitters were always less than 3.8% of a snake's SVL. Second, the cost of transporting transm ...
Adaptive Dynamics with Interaction Structure.
... network topology. Models have also been studied in which the state includes individuals’ ages, developmental stages, memories of past events, and/or states of health, as well as the environmental conditions each of them experiences. An IBEG model must incorporate a scheme for designating when game i ...
... network topology. Models have also been studied in which the state includes individuals’ ages, developmental stages, memories of past events, and/or states of health, as well as the environmental conditions each of them experiences. An IBEG model must incorporate a scheme for designating when game i ...
Chapter 26: Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, and Roundworms
... not develop endoderm or mesoderm, so they do not have cells organized into tissues. However, the cells of a sponge are organized. If you took a living sponge and put it through a sieve, you would witness a rather remarkable event. Not only would you see the sponge’s many cells alive and separated ou ...
... not develop endoderm or mesoderm, so they do not have cells organized into tissues. However, the cells of a sponge are organized. If you took a living sponge and put it through a sieve, you would witness a rather remarkable event. Not only would you see the sponge’s many cells alive and separated ou ...
Morphological traits: predictable responses to macrohabitats
... potential to offer a general understanding of species turnover in response to environmental change (Gibb & Parr, 2013). Therefore, understanding the function of species through a trait method may advance ecological knowledge. Species possess a large range of functional traits, including behavioural, ...
... potential to offer a general understanding of species turnover in response to environmental change (Gibb & Parr, 2013). Therefore, understanding the function of species through a trait method may advance ecological knowledge. Species possess a large range of functional traits, including behavioural, ...
Chaps. 5-7
... Form and Function Encystment and Excystment Unicellular forms amazingly successful in extremely harsh conditions Related to the ability to form cysts Dormant forms that shut down metabolism and have a resistant external covering (secreted by Golgi apparatus) Encystment is not found in Parameci ...
... Form and Function Encystment and Excystment Unicellular forms amazingly successful in extremely harsh conditions Related to the ability to form cysts Dormant forms that shut down metabolism and have a resistant external covering (secreted by Golgi apparatus) Encystment is not found in Parameci ...
Natural and sexual selection in a monogamous historical human
... sets the upper bound on the force of sexual selection that can act on any phenotypic character and can be measured as the variance in relative mating success, i.e., the variance in absolute number of mates divided by the square of the mean number of mates (27). In our sample, it can be computed dire ...
... sets the upper bound on the force of sexual selection that can act on any phenotypic character and can be measured as the variance in relative mating success, i.e., the variance in absolute number of mates divided by the square of the mean number of mates (27). In our sample, it can be computed dire ...
Phylum Cnidaria
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EEB 4275 (Invertebrate Zoology)
... body cavity configuration (acoelomate vs. blastocoelomate vs. eucoelomate), bilateria vs. radiata, protostome vs. deuterostome; level of organization: cell, tissue, organ/organ system etc., general habitat (e.g. freeliving/parasitic; marine, etc.), solitary/colonial, etc. You should have some idea o ...
... body cavity configuration (acoelomate vs. blastocoelomate vs. eucoelomate), bilateria vs. radiata, protostome vs. deuterostome; level of organization: cell, tissue, organ/organ system etc., general habitat (e.g. freeliving/parasitic; marine, etc.), solitary/colonial, etc. You should have some idea o ...