It also could erase some of the training gains that happen as a result of going through
the natural adaptive process.
Not exact matches
But the question arises: Do dinosaurs and finches possess their specific features in order to realize particular goals or because during the course of evolutionary experimentation they have accidentally acquired
adaptive functions by an impersonal
process of
natural selection?
Together, the experiment and genetics show that
adaptive radiation, at least in the vial, is due «to the most basic evolutionary
processes: simple mutations and
natural selection.»
Even more interesting is that
natural selection by these parasitic wasps on gall form is ongoing and still very strong, providing both a window into past
processes of diversification and a divination of future
adaptive diversification in this gall midge lineage.
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