mechanism of evolution

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mechanism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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evolution
noun[U]
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/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/us
/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/
the way in which living things change and develop over millions ...
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Natural selection of individuals who varied in heritable ways provided themechanismofevolution.
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Filamentation of the drop emerges as a persistent but secondarymechanismofevolutionfor both prolate and oblate perturbations.
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They have proven to be ideal modeling systems for the study of protein-nucleic acid interactions, structure-function relationships, and themechanismofevolution.
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He supported mutations as the mainmechanismofevolution, and chromosome alterations to be largely responsible for mutations.
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Essentially, the modern synthesis introduced the connection between two important discoveries; the units of evolution (genes) with the mainmechanismofevolution(selection).
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The presenters introduced the connection between two important discoveries -- the units of evolution (genes) with selection as the primarymechanismofevolution.
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Natural selection is emphasized as the most importantmechanismofevolution; large changes are the result of the gradual accumulation of small changes over long periods of time.
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It is a keymechanismofevolution.
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The mechanisms of evolution are taught transparently by showing the advantages of various types of plant behaviour in action.
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To interpret town images correctly, it is necessary to understan the urban mechanisms of evolution, as well as urban culture.
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There are several theories about the mechanisms of evolution, and there are still active debates about specific mechanisms.
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For example, natural selection is a mechanism of biological evolution; other mechanisms of evolution include genetic drift, mutation, and gene flow.
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The modern evolutionary synthesis, in which the genetic mechanisms of evolution were discovered, refuted the hypothesis for good.
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Prokaryotic genomes have two main mechanisms of evolution: mutation and horizontal gene transfer.
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The mechanisms of evolution through which species adapt toward increased functional effectiveness in their ecosystems are the foundation for principles of collaborative intelligence.
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Such processes are often inspired by biological mechanisms of evolution.
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Fossil discoveries in paleontology, advances in population genetics and a global network of scientific research have provided further details into the mechanisms of evolution.
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Depending on which of these two mechanisms of evolution are occurring, they can have totally different effects on organisms.
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Scientific controversies are minor and concern the details of the mechanisms of evolution, not the validity of the overarching theory of evolution.
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He showed that the mechanisms of evolution that acted at the level of the chromosome created possibilities far more rich than the simple mutations and deletions that affect single genes.
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