natural selection
natural selection (‘survival of the fittest’) A complex process in which the total environment determines which members of a species survive to reproduce and so pass on their
genes to the next generation. This need not necessarily involve a struggle between organisms.
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Natural Selections: Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars, and Other Realities of Evolution.(Books: A selection of new and notable books of scientific interest)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Science News; 11/10/2007; 524 words
; NATURAL SELECTIONS: Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars...rages on, Barash demonstrates how natural selection can explain various aspects of the...that it's only a theory and that natural selection cannot create anything new...
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Natural Selections.(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Small Press Bookwatch; 2/1/2008; 540 words
; Natural Selections David P. Barash Bellevue Literary Press...sociobiology David P. Barash presents Natural Selections, a matter-of-fact look...readers and an extra dollop of wit, Natural Selections discusses why human violence...
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Nothing artificial about this brain. (Natural Selections Inc.'s David Fogel) (Profile) (Company Profile)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 1/30/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...teamed up with his father last year to establish Natural Selections Inc., a La Jolla firm that applies evolutionary...me." A year ago, Fogel and his father started Natural Selections, which uses evolutionary computer techniques to...
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Trends & events. (Front and Center).(Best of Times: The Theatre of Charles Dickens)(Natural Selections: Stage Designs by Sandra Woodall)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 12/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...Sheryl Flatow, the curator of "Natural Selections: Stage Designs by Sandra Woodall...90-plus works on display in "Natural Selections" consist of Woodall...best designs are inspired by the natural environment," says Flatow...
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Opportunity for Natural Selection in a Basque Population and Its Secular Trend: Evolutionary Implications of Epidemic Mortality
Magazine article from: Human Biology; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...and opportunity for natural selection could help to elucidate...population does natural selection occur. In human populations...1969). However, natural selection does not...known as relaxation of natural selection (Ulizzi and Terrenato...
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Natural Selection, Inc. Wins Phase II SBIR From the National Science Foundation: Two-Year Effort to Research and Develop Software for MicroRNA Detection and Analysis.
PR Newswire; 8/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...16 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Selection, Inc. has been awarded...analysis. Researchers at Natural Selection, Inc. will...Vice President Natural Selection, Inc. 3333 N. Torrey...455-1560 gfogel@natural-selection.com and...
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Natural Selection, Inc. Wins U.S. Air Force SBIR Phase II.
PR Newswire; 3/25/2005; 700+ words
; ...25 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Selection, Inc. has been awarded...Fogel CEO Natural Selection, Inc. 3333 N. Torrey...at http://www.natural-selection.com...David B. Fogel, CEO of Natural Selection, Inc...
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A hands-on exercise to demonstrate evolution by natural selection & genetic drift
Magazine article from: The American Biology Teacher; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the components of evolution by natural selection in high school biology courses...hands-on method of teaching about natural selection that we think increases...an introduction to evolution by natural selection: Introductory Biology...
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Shifting the natural selection metaphor to the group level
Magazine article from: Behavior and Philosophy; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...ABSTRACT: Group selection is said to occur...ambiguities in the natural selection metaphor...between individual selection and apparent altruism...would seem to be a natural explanation for...argues, group selection of the type called...essential elements of a natural ...
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Parallel shifts in ecology and natural selection in an island lizard.(Research article)(Report)
Magazine article from: BMC Evolutionary Biology; 1/6/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the ecological forces that drive natural selection and ultimately shape adaptation...understanding of adaptation in natural populations requires long-term...the Greater Antilles arose via natural selection in response to differences...
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Natural Selection
Book article from: Biology
Natural Selection Natural selection is the process by which individuals with characteristics...ability to successfully reproduce. Given all these factors, natural selection unavoidably occurs. Those members of a population that reproduce...
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Natural Selection Foods
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Natural Selection Foods 1721 San Juan Highway San Juan...All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming Natural Selections Foods grew from a home kitchen to...second facility in Yuma, Arizona. Natural Selections Foods ’ produce...
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natural selection
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
natural selection In evolution , theory that advantageous change...successive generations. Changes arise out of natural genetic variation , especially mutation . Those...perpetuate desired traits, this is called artificial selection .
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Sexual Selection
Book article from: Biology
Sexual Selection English naturalist...by means of natural selection in...both sexual selection and natural...effects of sexual selection differ markedly...the forces of natural selection...selected against by natural selection...
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Selection
Book article from: Genetics
Selection Selection is a process...due to either natural or human-influenced...adaptation. Natural selection was not only Darwin...rely heavily on natural selection to explain...high enough that natural selection continues to favor...
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