evolutionary success
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evolutionary
adjective
uk/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/us/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.er.i/
relating to the way in which living things develop over millions ...
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success
noun
uk/səkˈses/us/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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Sensing of environmental cues, signal transduction and circadian rhythms were probably involved in flower evolution and diversification, contributing to theevolutionarysuccessof the flowering plants.
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The basis of this field is the belief thatevolutionarysuccess("inclusive fitness") is the only primary function of any characteristic, including behavior, of any living organism.
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From the gene's point of view,evolutionarysuccessultimately depends on leaving behind the maximum number of copies of itself in the population.
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Investment of costly energy in producing offspring is basic to reproductive orevolutionarysuccess.
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Sinceevolutionarysuccessdepends on the choices made, preferences including internal commitments indirectly affect reproductive success.
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The basis of this field is the belief thatevolutionarysuccess("inclusive fitness") is the only primary function of any characteristic, including behavior, of any living organism.
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Sensing of environmental cues, signal transduction and circadian rhythms were probably involved in flower evolution and diversification, contributing to theevolutionarysuccessof the flowering plants.
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Knowledge of insect movement, particularly of flight, is crucial to our understanding of the great ecological andevolutionarysuccessof insects.
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Dogs carrying mdr1-1 share a common ancestor that experienced remarkableevolutionarysuccess, having contributed genetically to at least nine distinct breeds of dog.
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Such an attitude, by failing to be adaptive, is, in fact, not conducive toevolutionarysuccess.
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Researchers have long believed their unusual mouth mechanics may have played a role in theirevolutionarysuccess.
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From the gene's point of view,evolutionarysuccessultimately depends on leaving behind the maximum number of copies of itself in the population.
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Finally, those elements that are unimportant to theevolutionarysuccessof the organism will be unconserved (selection is neutral).
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Thus, non-proteinogenic amino acids would have been excluded by the contingentevolutionarysuccessof nucleotide-based life forms.
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This approach means inexperienced foragers waste less energy and more pollen is returned to the nest, maximizing the colonies'evolutionarysuccess.
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This obviousevolutionarysuccesscan probably be attributed to several factors.
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A creature with 1 percent better camouflage than its contemporaries will leave more descendants over time (anevolutionarysuccess), and its good genes will come to dominate the gene pool.
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The fundamental principle guiding sociobiology is that an organism'sevolutionarysuccessis measured by the extent to which its genes are represented in the next generation.
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Some sociobiologists contend that the set of behaviors that constitute morality evolved largely because they provided possible survival and/or reproductive benefits (i.e. increasedevolutionarysuccess).
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