Sentence examples for theory of selection from inspiring English sources

One shortcut to understanding the theory of selection without working through the math is to imagine that the genes are little agents that try to make copies of themselves.

The theory of selection of organizational form in a single-dimensional environment cannot explain the selection of organizational form in a multidimensional environment.

Gould, in particular, opens Part II of The Structure of Evolutionary Theory (Towards a Revised and Expanded Evolutionary Theory), with a chapter entitled 'Species as Individuals in the Hierarchical Theory of Selection'.

The theory of selection directly acting on the gametophores and low mutation rates are supported by the data set presented here.

This was consistent with other studies [ 28, 34, 35] that observed a skewed FST distribution and agrees with the theory of selection on traits that are primarily governed by many loci of small effect [ 10].

The reason that this effect has been missed is that theoretical studies have treated w ¯ as a fixed parameter (or, equivalently, they hold population size fixed, as in Robertson's theory of selection limits [ 28]).

Another five ophthalmologists were interviewed to uphold the grounded theory principle of selection guided by the emerging analysis.

The rejection of group selection and acceptance of the theory of individual selection (see T&R IV) reads disturbingly like a patriotic history.

This is a presentation of 'the basic theory of natural selection' that makes no reference to natural selection at all!

Rather, his theory of natural selection evidently advocated the survival of the species which can adapt.

The apparent altruistic behaviour of many animals is, like some manifestations of sexual selection, a trait that at first seems incompatible with the theory of natural selection.