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The reason that the scientific literature does not define evolution as a theory of metaphysics is that science deals with questions of how things occur, not "why" they occur.
So, how do I "define" evolution for my students?
This is apparent from how population geneticists define evolution: change in gene frequency.
In contrast, a geneticist might prefer to define evolution as "any permanent change in genetic information".
Most introductory biology freshmen cannot define evolution even when they accept it as a scientific explanation (Jakobi 2010).
The aim of this study was to define evolution profiles of body composition among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV -infected men witHIV -infectedhy.
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Defining evolution was given another point.
About one tenth of the textbooks defined evolution in only one section.
In this study, we found that almost 60% of the books that defined evolution in three sections were inconsistent, whereas almost 30% of books that defined evolution in two sections were inconsistent.
Carroll argues that instead of defining evolution as 'change in gene frequencies', we should define it as 'change in development', in recognition of the fact that most morphological evolution is brought about through mutations that affect organismic development.
We defined "evolution understanding" as a latent variable measured by students' acceptance (MATE score - Additional file 2, questions #1-20) and knowledge (KEE score - Additional file 2, questions #33 and #34) of evolution.
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