individual organism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindividualandorganism
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individual
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
existing and considered separately from the other things or people in ...
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organism
noun[C]
uk/ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈɔːr-/
a single living plant, animal, ...
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(Definition ofindividualandorganismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We do not understand the notion of a "psychological" theory that is "nonindividualistic"; theindividualorganismis psychology's focal level of analysis.
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It may, from an evolutionary standpoint, be more fundamental in determining the adaptation and survival of theindividualorganism(see below).
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According to this perspective, theindividualorganismcan be thoroughly understood only as a totality, but not as a sum of fragmented units.
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The theory offered an explanation of how eachindividualorganismdevelops from its initial unformed state to a highly differentiated adult.
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Upon initial appearance, genes favoring such rescues would be disfavored by natural selection operating at levels no higher than theindividualorganism.
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Second, we define life as a set of characteristics of anindividualorganism, among which reproduction is not essential.
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Here, the information-acquiring entity is no longer an evolving population, but is instead eachindividualorganismin a population.
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The soul is the essence of a living thing; an expression of the organic material that defines anindividualorganism.
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In the second way, life is defined as a set of characteristics of anindividualorganism, among which the reproduction is not essential.
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Metabolism, in this strong sense, both generates and maintains the distinction between the physical matter of theindividualorganismand that of other things, whether living or not.
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The function of a class of behaviours of an organism is described in terms of the outcomes, or changes in the environment of theindividualorganism, that it produces.
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Hence, every new internalization must necessarily begin with a concreteindividualorganismwhich, by a genetic mutation, has been slightly altered with respect to the rest of the population.
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As a rule, a phenotype is a property of anindividualorganismor its parts, not of a population or species or some higher level of organization.
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It has never been shown that the child in the embryo stage is not alive, not human and not a uniqueindividualorganism.
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Normally, the body's various physiological rhythms will be synchronized within anindividualorganism(human or animal).
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An example of selection occurring below the level of theindividualorganismare genes called transposons, which can replicate and spread throughout a genome.
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That means that there is something special in terms of perspective that eachindividualorganismexperiences.
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In addition, ratio schedules can deliver reinforcement following fixed or variable number of behaviors by theindividualorganism.
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Thus, forests are studied at a number of organizational levels, from theindividualorganismto the ecosystem.
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