Sentence examples for uphill paths from inspiring English sources

Thus the evolutionary dynamics of large populations can be sensitive to the structure of an extended region of the fitness landscape — the population may not take directly uphill paths in favor of paths across valleys and plateaus that lead eventually to fitter genotypes.

We must then ask how likely evolution is to eschew the immediately uphill paths, and instead cross valleys or plateaus to reach better but less accessible genotypes.

We present a simple model to analyze the probability that evolution will eschew immediately uphill paths in favor of crossing fitness valleys or plateaus that lead to higher fitness but less accessible genotypes.

In the Discussion, we consider how this model can be extended to the situation where there are many different competing uphill paths and valleys, and to broader fitness valleys involving multiple intermediate genotypes.

This dependence is not monotonic: evolution at intermediate population sizes is most "greedy", while both larger and smaller populations are more likely to eschew uphill paths in favor of complex trajectories.

"Heart of Darkness" in hand, I took an uphill path past the other bungalows.

Republicans have a very narrow but not uphill path to a majority.

But from many perspectives, any potential exoneration for Braun will rest beyond an uphill path littered with obstacles.

An uphill path leads to Rockingham, the house where George Washington had a lengthy wait for word that the war was officially over.

I said good night to Sam and, returning to my hotel in the last light, well past nine, saw the bird again, going from bush to bush in the uphill path ahead of me, little more than a shadow now.

At the end of the uphill path to the cave's entrance, you're rewarded with a great view across Drvar – and the cave itself is a popular spot for leaving a geocache.