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Population characteristics

population characteristics

(Science: epidemiology) Qualities and characterization of various types of populations within a social or geographic group, with emphasis on demography, health status, and socioeconomic factors.


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Re: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... linear progression of genetic change in organisms that have some or all characteristics of what we would call a bird (Birds are not species btw, ... I think you're misunderstanding me. I'm saying betaBirds are the parent population (though they may already be in a state of evolutionary flux, thus ...

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by AstusAleator
Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:46 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
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Re: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... ideas appeal to me the most at the moment. Evolution is driven, not by population of macro-organisms, but by the combined workings of genetic variation ... because "bird" is a man-made label applied to things with characteristics similar to another. Before birds were 99.9999% birds and ...

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by Jasper903
Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:35 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
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Natural selection is proven wrong

... the chance of survival and reproduction) to become more common in a population and causes harmful traits to become more rare” (Ref: Futuyma, ... NS is all about the transmission of already acquired traits [physical characteristics] if evolution can take place by speciation i.e. a new species ...

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by gamila
Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:03 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... NS is all about the transmission of already acquired traits [physical characteristics] if evolution can take place by speciation i.e. a new species ... on certain traits, causing disadvantageous traits to be bred out of the population and the traits which give organisms a better chance of passing ...

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by futurezoologist
Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:54 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Views: 16275

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... the chance of survival and reproduction) to become more common in a population and causes harmful traits to become more rare” (Ref: Futuyma, ... NS is all about the transmission of already acquired traits [physical characteristics] if evolution can take place by speciation i.e. a new species ...

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by gamila
Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:13 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16275
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