The term "protected area" is really a mix of different legal designations [15], but most are used in one way or another to help carry on the main function of preserving vulnerable/unique sites, for the maintenance of species, evolutionary history, ecosystems, or ecosystem services.
The third component of biodiversity as defined by the United Nations [ 2] – genetic diversity on the molecular level – has largely been neglected to date, despite being crucial for the maintenance of the evolutionary potential of species [ 3, 4].
RNA editing typically leads to the maintenance of an evolutionary conserved codon at the RNA level, and is thought to repair errors that were allowed to accumulate in the genome [ 14].
To maintain focus, we have constrained the review within the following boundaries: We consider restoration to be the maintenance or restoration of evolutionary potential (future-focussed) while acknowledging the evolutionary heritage of the resident flora within degraded landscapes (past-focussed).
This research illustrates the utility of integrating theories of relationship maintenance with evolutionary psychological theories of mating.
Invertebrate species, such as Caenorhabditis elegans, provide an attractive option because of their short life cycles, inexpensive maintenance, and high degree of evolutionary conservation with higher eukaryotes.
Despite the growing recognition of the importance of chromosomal inversions for adaptation and evolution of species [ 1- 4], the evolutionary forces responsible for rearrangement establishment and maintenance remain an enigma of evolutionary biology.
Evolutionary maintenance of introns despite the energetic burden they entail suggests some evolutionary advantage afforded by introns.
Germline bottlenecks and the evolutionary maintenance of mitochondrial genomes.
Better performance of SaDE is achieved by sustained maintenance of diversity throughout the evolutionary process thus producing better individuals consistently.
