Sentences with phrase «occurring in a given population»

They need to know very accurately what the chances are of something occurring in a given population in a given location.

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Evolution speaks of mutations in nature that occur that make one «version» of a species survive better in their environment in a given «population».
«It is difficult to estimate the probability of a rare event using a small population, but given that around 500 chimpanzees have been born in captivity in Japan, the probability of this autosomal trisomy in chimpanzees may be comparable to that of trisomy 21 in humans, which occurs in up to 1 in 600 births,» speculates Hirata.
He points out that if there was only one initial migration it must have occurred very early to give the population time to split in two and the two groups to develop radically different tools.
On the other hand, if the same mutation occurs in a different cell population located farther away from the SVZ, it will give rise to other subtypes,» said Chen.
«Our study suggests that if a cancer - causing mutation occurs in the neural stem cell population in the SVZ, it gives rise to the proneural or the neural glioblastoma subtype.
Now we are a smart species and our agriculture science and production has substantially reduced famine on our planet and has given us more time than most species have before these population reductions occur (although global climate shift and higher energy costs are wildcards in food production and availability in the future).
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