Collocations withevolution
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adaptive evolution
The population ecology of contemporary adaptations: what empirical studies reveal about conditions that promote adaptive evolution.
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biological evolution
This difference becomes apparent after a long period of biological evolution.
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chemical evolution
The efficiency of the mechanism may be one of the selection factors at some stages of the chemical evolution in the aquifer.
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concept of evolution
The concept of evolution was another component in their racial thought that militated against a rigid form of biological determinism.
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constant evolution
The musical idea is one of changeable sound material in constant evolution.
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continued evolution
The continued evolution of robot hardware promises a continuing stream of interesting robot models across the range of animal taxa.
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continuing evolution
The monotonic growth of scales (figure 17) gives the clearest measure of continuing evolution.
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convergent evolution
We conjecture that the phenomenon of convergent evolution can be extended to the cosmic level.
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cosmic evolution
A handful of cases will suffice to illustrate the increased use of energy density among a spectrum of systems in successive phases of cosmic evolution.
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course of evolution
In the course of evolution, our visual system became attuned to only a few of the innumerably many kinds of regularity in the world.
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cultural evolution
For humans, cultural information may be expressed in niche construction, but that does not make cultural evolution the same thing as niche construction.
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directed evolution
Simply this : flaws are to be expected in a creature that is a product of evolution, even divinely directed evolution.
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evolution of resistance
Identification of mechanisms already implicated in insecticide resistance may give an indication of the potential for the evolution of resistance to alternative insecticides.
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future evolution
Modelling the global carbon cycle for the past and future evolution of the earth system.
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genetic evolution
However, cultural adaptations that increase the fitness of a specific genotype in a specific environment may ultimately affect genetic evolution.
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gradual evolution
If linguistic theory is incompatible with gradual evolution and development, perhaps linguistic theory needs to be revised.
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historical evolution
It is therefore interesting to look at the historical evolution of the organisation and its doctrine, through these documents.
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hominid evolution
Consider the possible ways in which a new evolutionary episode might be initiated in hominid evolution.
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mechanism of evolution
Natural selection of individuals who varied in heritable ways provided the mechanism of evolution.
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molecular evolution
Estimating the rate of molecular evolution : incorporating non-contemporaneous sequences into maximum likelihood phylogenies.
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organic evolution
However, what might "the same time" mean in the case of organic evolution?
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rapid evolution
The estimation of an epidemiological link is based on this rapid evolution of poliovirus genome by studying the pattern of nucleotide variation.
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spiritual evolution
The ideological and spiritual evolution of the hero his transformation reaches its peak.
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stage of evolution
Let us consider this asymptotic stage of evolution in detail.
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stellar evolution
The luminosity evolution of the main-sequence central star is deduced by polynomial fitting of stellar evolution models.
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subsequent evolution
Choices made in the context of this regulatory uncertainty loom large as an important juncture in the subsequent evolution of biotechnology policy.
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teaching of evolution
A similar strategy was employed there to discourage the teaching of evolution in 1999.
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technological evolution
The drawback, however, is that current medical technological evolution is a major cost driver of healthcare expenditure.
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temporal evolution
The control law is defined in such a way that only the geometric evolution of the biped configuration is controlled, but not the temporal evolution.
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theistic evolution
This model makes 93 predictions about future scientific discoveries which are different from the predictions of naturalism, theistic evolution, and young-earth creationism.
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understanding of evolution
They consider plausible alternative explanations, address them with evidence, and promote deeper scientific understanding of evolution and its consequences.
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