mutation — mutational, adj. mutationally, adv. /myooh tay sheuhn/, n. 1. Biol. a. a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome. b. an individual, species, or the like,… … Universalium
heredity — /heuh red i tee/, n., pl. heredities. Biol. 1. the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new… … Universalium
Mutationism — (sometimes, “Mendelism”) refers to the theory emphasizing mutation as a creative principle and source of discontinuity in evolutionary change, particularly associated with the founders of modern genetics. Contents 1 The discovery of genetics… … Wikipedia
Molecular evolution — Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology … Wikipedia
Mutacionismo — El mutacionismo abarca a todas aquellas mujeres hermosas teorías de la evolución en las que la mutación es la principal fuerza de cambio. El mutacionismo considera que las mutaciones son el agente verdaderamente creativo del cambio orgánico… … Wikipedia Español
Мутационное давление — * мутацыйны ціск * mutational pressure повышение частоты измененного аллеля вследствие продолжающегося процесса его мутирования (напр., более частое превращение A → a, чем a → А, или наоборот), обусловливающее накопление измененного аллеля в… … Генетика. Энциклопедический словарь
Viral quasispecies — A viral quasispecies is a group of viruses related by a similar mutation or mutations, competing within a highly mutagenic environment. The theory predicts that a viral quasispecies at a low but evolutionarily neutral and highly connected (that… … Wikipedia
Falsetto — The term falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso , false) refers to the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the… … Wikipedia
Hooded Swan (series) — The Hooded Swan Series (or Star Pilot Grainger Series) is a series of science fiction novels by Brian Stableford, published in the early 1970s, beginning with Halcyon Drift (1972). It consists of six books, which have also been collected in an… … Wikipedia
Sodium-chloride symporter — Solute carrier family 12 (sodium/chloride transporters), member 3 Identifiers Symbols SLC12A3; FLJ96318; NCCT; TSC External IDs … Wikipedia
Evolution of sexual reproduction — The evolution of sexual reproduction is currently described by several competing scientific hypotheses. All sexually reproducing organisms derive from a common ancestor which was a single celled eukaryotic species[1]. Many protists reproduce… … Wikipedia