Sentence examples for preference evolution from inspiring English sources
Heritability in mate preferences is assumed by models of sexual selection, and preference evolution may contribute to adaptation to changing environments.
The results also suggest that some host preference evolution can occur via selection on crypsis alone, before (i.e., without) physiological adaptation, because the ecotypes do exhibit weakly divergent host preferences despite being subject only to divergent selection on crypsis.
I also examined how multiple, different, preferences affected preference evolution with female intrasexual competition.
We thus imitated the actual processes involved in sexual selection and preference evolution in natural populations.
When multiple preferences are present, indirect selection on female preference evolution is much stronger.
This confirms that 1) female-female competition does act as a previously unexamined cost of choice, making it likely to cause natural selection against preference evolution, and 2) this cost does not completely bar preference evolution.
At Saint Laurent, his preference for evolution over revolution is likely to be just as apparent.
When asked "what should be taught in science?", over one fifth (21%) of participants indicated a preference for evolution only, with 8% opting for either creationism or ID only, while over two thirds of respondents (68%) said they thought a "range of theories" should be taught in science (Fig. 1).
A 2006 opinion poll of 2,112 adults for BBC Horizon revealed that over two thirds of those surveyed said they believe that creationism (22%) or ID (17%) is the best explanation for the origin and development of life on earth, while almost half (48%) indicated a preference for evolution (Ipsos MORI 2006).
It was unclear whether OTU orthologs have conserved their linkage preference throughout evolution.
Nevertheless, the preference of evolution to have four adenines or alternating AGAG available for the stack is clearly visible, and these base combinations are expected to be the most favorable for stacking self-association (93, 94).
