Adaptive capacity — is the capacity of a system to adapt if the environment where the system exists is changing. It is applied to for example , ecological systems and human social systems.As applied to ecological systems, the adaptive capacity is determined by :*… … Wikipedia
Fitness landscape — In evolutionary biology, fitness landscapes or adaptive landscapes are used to visualize the relationship between genotypes (or phenotypes) and reproductive success. It is assumed that every genotype has a well defined replication rate (often… … Wikipedia
Somatic evolution in cancer — Somatic evolution is the accumulation of mutations in the cells of a body (the soma) during a lifetime, and the effects of those mutations on the fitness of those cells. Somatic evolution is important in the process of aging as well as the… … Wikipedia
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Metapopulation — A metapopulation consists of a group of spatially separated populations of the same species which interact at some level. The term metapopulation was coined by Richard Levins in 1970 to describe a model of population dynamics of insect pests in… … Wikipedia
History of evolutionary thought — This article is about the history of evolutionary thought in biology. For the history of evolutionary thought in the social sciences, see Sociocultural evolution. For the history of religious discussions, see History of the creation evolution… … Wikipedia
Evolvability — is a concept within the Darwinian understanding of biological evolution. Darwin s theory of evolution by natural selection requires that plants, animals, and other organisms be able to produce offspring that are sometimes better adapted to the… … Wikipedia
Microfluidics — deals with the behavior, precise control and manipulation of fluids that are geometrically constrained to a small, typically sub millimeter, scale. Typically, micro means one of the following features: small volumes (nl, pl, fl) small size low… … Wikipedia
Адаптивный ландшафт — * адаптыўны ландшафт * adaptive landscape трехмерное графическое изображение, показывающее частоты двух генов, каждый из которых представлен двумя аллельными формами (и ), нанесенные напротив показателей средней приспособленности для определенных … Генетика. Энциклопедический словарь
Baldwin effect — Not to be confused with Baldwin s rules. Not to be confused with the Baldwin effect (after Jack Allen Baldwin) in astronomy. The Baldwin effect, also known as Baldwinian evolution or ontogenic evolution, is a theory of a possible evolutionary… … Wikipedia
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