Sentence examples for predictions of evolutionary from inspiring English sources

We would predict that a strong environmental covariance between phenotype and fitness biases the predictions of evolutionary change in a consistent direction.

To make specific predictions of evolutionary trajectories and obtain estimates of lag loads for natural populations, climatic changes have to be quantified in terms of fitness landscapes and genetic covariation among climate-related traits must be measured.

Two alternative strategies are available to ensure that quantitative genetic predictions of evolutionary trajectories are robust.

Phylogenomic databases provide predictions of evolutionary relationships, mostly for protein-coding genes of species with fully sequenced genomes.

This behaviour is taken to stand in need of explanation because, on first examination, it is inconsistent with the predictions of evolutionary theory Darwin's 'one special difficulty'.

Furthermore, changes in the relative contributions of fertility and mortality to fitness can also change the net selection gradient, making predictions of evolutionary change difficult.

These landscapes underlie natural selection, so understanding them would greatly improve quantitative prediction of evolutionary outcomes, guiding the development of synthetic living systems.

Malva Hernandez and Woodruff Benson of the State University of Campinas, in Brazil, who have just published a study of such contests in Animal Behaviour, suggest that this may be an example of a "paradoxical strategy"—a theoretical prediction of evolutionary game theory for which empirical evidence has so far been lacking.When it comes to mating, H. sara males have two options.

Alternatively, we recommend Candace Galen's work on flower size evolution in alpine skypilots (Galen 1989, 1996) to show how empirically derived estimates of heritability and selection generated through pollinator preferences can be combined into a testable prediction of evolutionary change.

This provides further support for a key prediction of evolutionary theories of ageing.

However, elapsed time since A/H1N1pdm emergence is too limited (8 months in our sampling period to December 5, 2009) and precludes confident prediction of evolutionary rate trends for this virus.