Sentence examples for concept of descent from inspiring English sources

Darwin clearly considered this Tree of Life as an important organizing principle in understanding the concept of "descent with modification" (what we now call evolution), having used a branching diagram of relatedness early in his exploration of the question (Fig. 1) and including a tree-like diagram as the only illustration in On the Origin of Species (Darwin 1859).

During this time, we define evolution, draw distinctions between evolution (concept of descent with modification) and natural selection as a mechanism of evolutionary change, and explore inaccuracies and accuracies about evolution (e.g., humans descended from chimps versus humans and chimps share a common ancestor).

To derive our model, we first introduce the concept of descent graph and define an inheritance-generating function between a pair of alleles in a descent graph.

The concepts of descent with modification and local adaptation anchor most conservation policy today and are used to guide a wide range of conservation objectives.

Darwin's publication of the Origin of Species in 1859 and his concept of common descent required modifications to the Candollean system to reflect evolutionary relationships as distinct from mere morphological similarity.

Although he insisted on the fixity of species, his classification system eventually contributed much to the acceptance of the concept of common descent.

The driven, thwarted and not hugely likable woman at the center of this memoir-like novel, which takes as its central conceit the biological concept of matrilineal descent, is modeled on Drabble's own mother.

The driven, thwarted and not hugely likable woman at the center of this memoirlike novel, which takes as its central conceit the biological concept of matrilineal descent, is modeled on Drabble's own mother.

The driven, thwarted and not hugely likable woman at the center of this memoir-like novel, which takes as its central conceit the biological concept of matrilineal descent, is modeled on Kathleen Marie Bloor, the author's own mother.

Shubin concludes using a humorous cladogram, "the bozo family tree," to illustrate the concept of common descent (evolution).

A possible solution is to exploit the Least-Mean-Square (LMS) algorithm based on the concept of gradient descent.