Sentence examples for evolution in isolation from inspiring English sources

Whereas many aspects of evolutionary thought were embedded in the curriculum (diversity, adaptation, coevolution, variation, selection), impact on student understanding of evolution (in isolation from other topics) was not specifically addressed in the qualitative data.

The genome which is the seat of genetic information is also a focal point for the operation of critical epigenetic mechanisms, and it may turn out not to be possible to fully understand the properties of the genetic inheritance system and its evolution in isolation from epigenetic inheritance (Jablonka & Lamb 2008; Lamm 2011).

This synthesis of literature from diverse fields highlights the problems of thinking about biological evolution in isolation from physical constraints.

Despite some interconnections of marine biota from north and south of the APF [ 2- 4], it seems likely that evolution in isolation within the APF resulted in cladogenetic events that lead to the formation of endemic taxa [ 5- 9].

If genetic variation in the existing population is low, or immigration high, trait replacement might occur through gene flow rather than evolution in isolation, reducing the genetic distinctiveness of this population complex (Waples et al. 2004).

Major regional faunas can be identified; these resulted in large part from evolution in comparative isolation of stocks of early mammals that reached these areas.

And he thought a good name for my idea of statis-plus-rapid evolution in geographic isolation would be "punctuated equilibria" (Fig. 6).

But, having achieved fame as an avant-garde composer, Strauss after Der Rosenkavalier became a conservative whose musical evolution was pursued in isolation, unaffected by the advances and experiments going on around him.

With a strong emphasis on speciation and unifying theoretical and philosophical perspectives, these chapters combine the ecological (spatial, system, "niche construction," and dynamic relationships) and genealogical (temporal, lineage, "niche evolution," and emergent properties) aspects of evolution so often studied in isolation.

Either of these would alter the structure of world trade.This East Asian evolution is not happening in isolation.

Biologists said the discovery of the vent life could afford a tremendous opportunity to study the evolution of freshwater organisms in isolation over millions of years.