Sentences with phrase «mechanism of adaptive evolution»

Objecting on both philosophical and empirical grounds, Fodor and Piattelli - Palmarini reject natural selection as the mechanism of adaptive evolution.

The study, which combined genetic analysis with a 19 - year - long selection experiment, supports the idea that the mechanisms of adaptive evolution may be more predictable than previously suspected.

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The study sheds light on the mechanisms and adaptive significance of gene family evolution.

Using Niko Tinbergen's «four questions» as a guide, we will discuss the evolution of primates and emergence of the social function of the behavior (phylogeny), the development of the behavior during a individual's lifetime (ontogeny), the specific biological and chemical processes and motivations responsible for the behavior (mechanism), and how the behavior increase the fitness of individuals, allowing for its continual selection in primates (adaptive value).

These findings provide new insights on the genetic mechanisms underlying the evolution of adaptive traits.