MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION IN CORAL SNAKE MIMICRY
... deterring predation. Although Batesian mimicry is one of the oldest known examples of natural selection’s power to produce adaptation, many unanswered questions remain about its evolution, including how mimetic signals coevolve with the perceptual abilities of predators, how mimetic signals are prod ...
... deterring predation. Although Batesian mimicry is one of the oldest known examples of natural selection’s power to produce adaptation, many unanswered questions remain about its evolution, including how mimetic signals coevolve with the perceptual abilities of predators, how mimetic signals are prod ...
Evolution through the Search for Novelty
... Thanks also are due to past and present members of the Evolutionary Complexity Research Group (Eplex) at University of Central Florida (http://eplex.cs.ucf.edu), our occasional visitors from afar, and honorary member Dr. Charles Bailey for his unwavering faith in our work and his generous financial ...
... Thanks also are due to past and present members of the Evolutionary Complexity Research Group (Eplex) at University of Central Florida (http://eplex.cs.ucf.edu), our occasional visitors from afar, and honorary member Dr. Charles Bailey for his unwavering faith in our work and his generous financial ...
In Cold Blood: The Evolution of Psychopathy
... in early childhood, impulsivity, resistance to punishment, general lack of emotional attachment or concern for others, dishonesty and selfishness in social interaction, and high levels of promiscuous and uncommitted sexual behavior” (Harris et al., 2001, p. 197-198). Psychopathy is more restrictive ...
... in early childhood, impulsivity, resistance to punishment, general lack of emotional attachment or concern for others, dishonesty and selfishness in social interaction, and high levels of promiscuous and uncommitted sexual behavior” (Harris et al., 2001, p. 197-198). Psychopathy is more restrictive ...
Sympatric speciation in animals: the ugly duckling grows up
... a result of new models substantiating its plausibility and new evidence that the conditions specified by the models are met in many natural populations. Retrospective phylogenetic and population genetic signatures of sympatric speciation have also been derived, and these are beginning to be tested. ...
... a result of new models substantiating its plausibility and new evidence that the conditions specified by the models are met in many natural populations. Retrospective phylogenetic and population genetic signatures of sympatric speciation have also been derived, and these are beginning to be tested. ...
From the "Modern Synthesis" to cybernetics: Ivan Ivanovich
... unbiased reading of his texts difficult. Here we show that taking all of his works into consideration (including those only available in Russian) paints a much more dynamic and exciting picture of what he tried to achieve. Schmalhausen pioneered the integration of a developmental perspective into ev ...
... unbiased reading of his texts difficult. Here we show that taking all of his works into consideration (including those only available in Russian) paints a much more dynamic and exciting picture of what he tried to achieve. Schmalhausen pioneered the integration of a developmental perspective into ev ...
The evolution of conspecific gamete precedence and its effect on
... of each male genotype times the strength by which it is preferred by that female genotype. Mating twice has two consequences. First, if a female mates with two males from her own population (conspecific males, e.g. a B1 female mating with two C1 males), the cross has higher fertility (relative fitne ...
... of each male genotype times the strength by which it is preferred by that female genotype. Mating twice has two consequences. First, if a female mates with two males from her own population (conspecific males, e.g. a B1 female mating with two C1 males), the cross has higher fertility (relative fitne ...
Reconceptualising Evolution by Natural Selection
... This thesis examines the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the concept of natural selection which is pervasively invoked in biology and other ‘evolutionary’ domains. Although what constitutes the process of natural selection appears to be very intuitive (natural selection results from e ...
... This thesis examines the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the concept of natural selection which is pervasively invoked in biology and other ‘evolutionary’ domains. Although what constitutes the process of natural selection appears to be very intuitive (natural selection results from e ...
the biology of speciation
... Since Darwin published the “Origin,” great progress has been made in our understanding of speciation mechanisms. The early investigations by Mayr and Dobzhansky linked Darwin’s view of speciation by adaptive divergence to the evolution of reproductive isolation, and thus provided a framework for stu ...
... Since Darwin published the “Origin,” great progress has been made in our understanding of speciation mechanisms. The early investigations by Mayr and Dobzhansky linked Darwin’s view of speciation by adaptive divergence to the evolution of reproductive isolation, and thus provided a framework for stu ...
The nature of developmental constraints and the difference
... when talking about constraints? There are a number of options here, but I shall raise one concern that if we look more than one generation down the line, natural selection will itself become a factor in determining developmental constraints. If mutation X makes mutation Y more likely, then the proba ...
... when talking about constraints? There are a number of options here, but I shall raise one concern that if we look more than one generation down the line, natural selection will itself become a factor in determining developmental constraints. If mutation X makes mutation Y more likely, then the proba ...
Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species
... argument in the book is clear and easy enough to follow. Darwin called it ‘‘a long argument’’ in the final chapter, but it is also a straightforward one.2 Furthermore, Darwin’s intended audience for The Origin of Species was the general public. He wanted not only specialists to read the book, but al ...
... argument in the book is clear and easy enough to follow. Darwin called it ‘‘a long argument’’ in the final chapter, but it is also a straightforward one.2 Furthermore, Darwin’s intended audience for The Origin of Species was the general public. He wanted not only specialists to read the book, but al ...
Adaptive landscapes - BOA Bicocca Open Archive
... - but actually on many, many more. It was there that, perhaps with a cosmic coordination, I met met personally one of the authors of that Biology and Philosophy issue: Anya Plutynski, professor of philosophy at the U. I am so grateful to her for patience and time spent with me exploring evolution, p ...
... - but actually on many, many more. It was there that, perhaps with a cosmic coordination, I met met personally one of the authors of that Biology and Philosophy issue: Anya Plutynski, professor of philosophy at the U. I am so grateful to her for patience and time spent with me exploring evolution, p ...
books/Wallace/Alfred Russel Wallace on Spiritualism, Man, and
... the movement as well. Research on Wallace's association with spiritualism has sometimes emphasized the sensationalism attached to his seance experiences instead of what it was that attracted him to the belief to begin with. It is thus necessary first to emphasize that spiritualism per se is not a re ...
... the movement as well. Research on Wallace's association with spiritualism has sometimes emphasized the sensationalism attached to his seance experiences instead of what it was that attracted him to the belief to begin with. It is thus necessary first to emphasize that spiritualism per se is not a re ...
Henry David Thoreau: The Darwinian Naturalist
... Introduction The civilly disobedient American, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) had more in common with his English contemporary Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) than the Victorian Era (1830-1901) or the 20th century would ever fully realize. Thoreau the poet possessed the methodical research skill ...
... Introduction The civilly disobedient American, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) had more in common with his English contemporary Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) than the Victorian Era (1830-1901) or the 20th century would ever fully realize. Thoreau the poet possessed the methodical research skill ...
Haeckel: legacy of fraud to popularise evolution
... Pauli J. Ojala and Matti Leisola Embryology was once called Entwicklungsgeschichte, the evolutionary history of organisms. This history was believed to repeat itself during the development of every new individual. Ernst Haeckel’s typology combined the pamphlets of Goethe, classification schemes of C ...
... Pauli J. Ojala and Matti Leisola Embryology was once called Entwicklungsgeschichte, the evolutionary history of organisms. This history was believed to repeat itself during the development of every new individual. Ernst Haeckel’s typology combined the pamphlets of Goethe, classification schemes of C ...
JANUARY 10-14, 2016 ASILOMAR CONFERENCE CENTER
... remarkable diversity of life found in the humid tropics is as fascinating to biologists today as it was to Pianka in 1966, or to Wallace and Darwin more than 150 years ago. Although an explanation for the LDG has proven elusive, we may be on the cusp of solving this enduring puzzle, as there has bee ...
... remarkable diversity of life found in the humid tropics is as fascinating to biologists today as it was to Pianka in 1966, or to Wallace and Darwin more than 150 years ago. Although an explanation for the LDG has proven elusive, we may be on the cusp of solving this enduring puzzle, as there has bee ...
The Evolution of Aging 3
... characteristic, an adaptation of organism design, which had an evolutionary purpose. Darwin had previously suggested that aging was an evolved characteristic despite conflicts with Darwinian evolutionary mechanics. Many current theorists have discarded adaptive theories of aging using one or more of ...
... characteristic, an adaptation of organism design, which had an evolutionary purpose. Darwin had previously suggested that aging was an evolved characteristic despite conflicts with Darwinian evolutionary mechanics. Many current theorists have discarded adaptive theories of aging using one or more of ...
Generative Replication and the Evolution of Complexity
... simple model, a one dimensional linear automaton that is consistent with our four proposed conditions for a possible generative replicator. This model is particularly appropriate for social evolution. Section six extends our model to a simple selection dynamics. Our results provide strong and unambi ...
... simple model, a one dimensional linear automaton that is consistent with our four proposed conditions for a possible generative replicator. This model is particularly appropriate for social evolution. Section six extends our model to a simple selection dynamics. Our results provide strong and unambi ...
The Darwinian Revolution as a knowledge
... neutrally, large transformations of scientific knowledge systems are not understood as a series of individual achievements by a few hero scientists. Instead, Historical Epistemology aims at embedding these individual contributions in their historical and social context. The goal of this embedding is ...
... neutrally, large transformations of scientific knowledge systems are not understood as a series of individual achievements by a few hero scientists. Instead, Historical Epistemology aims at embedding these individual contributions in their historical and social context. The goal of this embedding is ...
The Poetics of Science in, and around, Nabokov`s The Gift
... encyclopedic as it is, even Dieter E. Zimmer’s monumental Guide to Nabokov’s Butterflies and Moths misses a few key names.13 For the most part, when discussing Nabokov’s science, scholars have focused on his lepidopterological pursuits. Although it is true that this field was his only area of scient ...
... encyclopedic as it is, even Dieter E. Zimmer’s monumental Guide to Nabokov’s Butterflies and Moths misses a few key names.13 For the most part, when discussing Nabokov’s science, scholars have focused on his lepidopterological pursuits. Although it is true that this field was his only area of scient ...
Peirce`s evolutionary pragmatic idealism - Deep Blue
... Thus for Peirce a seemingly universal physical law is the limiting case of a statistical law, the case in which the probability of the effect following the cause has evolved to be very close to 1. But Peirce also recognized the profound differences between his cosmic evolutionism and Hegel's much mo ...
... Thus for Peirce a seemingly universal physical law is the limiting case of a statistical law, the case in which the probability of the effect following the cause has evolved to be very close to 1. But Peirce also recognized the profound differences between his cosmic evolutionism and Hegel's much mo ...
Adaptive speciation: the role of natural selection in mechanisms of
... gene flow between diverging populations. Isolating mechanisms eliminate the possibility of fruitful sex between otherwise happy mates. In so doing, they would seem to lower organismic fitness. How, then, could such traits ever evolve? The BSC appears to render impossible any kind of Ôadaptive speciati ...
... gene flow between diverging populations. Isolating mechanisms eliminate the possibility of fruitful sex between otherwise happy mates. In so doing, they would seem to lower organismic fitness. How, then, could such traits ever evolve? The BSC appears to render impossible any kind of Ôadaptive speciati ...
The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance
... arguments cannot be fully understood unless one understands their history. Written histories, like science itself, are constantly in need of revision. Erroneous interpretations of an earlier author eventually become myths, accepted without question and carried forward from generation to generation. ...
... arguments cannot be fully understood unless one understands their history. Written histories, like science itself, are constantly in need of revision. Erroneous interpretations of an earlier author eventually become myths, accepted without question and carried forward from generation to generation. ...
convergence, recurrence and diversification of
... had taken on their mature head shape but had not yet individualized), providing a minimum length for the species. A species was considered to be sperm heteromorphic when two distinct (i.e., nonoverlapping) sperm lengths or head shapes were produced by a single male (see Fig. 1A, E, F). One to nine i ...
... had taken on their mature head shape but had not yet individualized), providing a minimum length for the species. A species was considered to be sperm heteromorphic when two distinct (i.e., nonoverlapping) sperm lengths or head shapes were produced by a single male (see Fig. 1A, E, F). One to nine i ...
Evolution Practice
... 11. A dark fur mutation occurred in a mouse population. The chart above shows how the population changed over 30 generations. Which statement MOST likely explains the change shown in the chart? (1 point) (0 pts) Light mice are less likely to mate. (0 pts) Light mice are better able to find food. (1 ...
... 11. A dark fur mutation occurred in a mouse population. The chart above shows how the population changed over 30 generations. Which statement MOST likely explains the change shown in the chart? (1 point) (0 pts) Light mice are less likely to mate. (0 pts) Light mice are better able to find food. (1 ...
One - Svet logike
... Darwin understood the phrase, it did not mean a naturalist who is interested in philosophy, but a naturalist who seeks a scientific explanation for the patterns observed in nature. A philosophical naturalist would not be content merely to describe and catalogue the species that populate the Earth, b ...
... Darwin understood the phrase, it did not mean a naturalist who is interested in philosophy, but a naturalist who seeks a scientific explanation for the patterns observed in nature. A philosophical naturalist would not be content merely to describe and catalogue the species that populate the Earth, b ...