Natural and Sexual Selection of Vestigial and Wild Type Drosophila melanogaster Abstract In this experiment‚ vestigial flies as well as wild type flies were used to create some diversity as well as test one of our hypotheses. Our hypotheses are as follows; 1) The wild type flies will have a greater relative fitness compared to the vestigial flies based on only sexual selection. The wild type has a relative fitness of 1 since it has fully functional wings. Vestigial Winged flies are not as sexually
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Colonisation and Succession in an Ecosystem 1. Ecosystem is a community of organisms which interact with their non-living environment and function as a unit. 2. Habitat is a natural environment where organisms live. Also provide shelter‚ food‚ living space‚ nesting sites and mates. 3. Species is a group of organisms that look alike and have similar characteristics‚ share the same roles in an ecosystem and are capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring. 4. Population is
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A human’s mind can be powerful‚ and sometimes the knowledge that comes from the mind can’t be controlled. “The map is not the territory” or in other words‚ the representation of the connection between nature or the reality it shows through knowledge‚ is linked to this question. Our mind is filled with knowledge that does need barriers at times and “mind maps” are things that are used to either simplify things or gain accuracy. Simplicity and accuracy are two things that can be mistaken for the other
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How does someone know the difference between justice and injustice? Justice is the concept of moral rightness‚ while injustice is the absence of moral rightness. It is our government ’s job to deal justice to people without discrimination of race‚ gender‚ national origin‚ color‚ religion‚ disability‚ or age. The understandings of justice varies throughout the world‚ but based on the same concept. "... most everyone is born with and that is a natural instinct of what will make humans as a race a
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the group believed that nothing bad was going to happen and felt a sense of infallibility. Secondly‚ pressure: I was worried at first; however‚ everyone was sure that it was no big deal and because I wanted to be accepted in the group‚ I conformed to what the leader and the rest of the group believed. Third and fourth‚ self-censorship and morality: After I realized that everyone else was so sure of pulling the prank‚ I felt like I was the only one who questioned the idea so I stopped questioning Emily
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Part I What are the primary differences between Mitigation and Preparedness? Research and describe three examples of each. The United States experiences a variety of natural disasters throughout the year. Because of hurricanes on the Pacific‚ Atlantic‚ and Gulf of Mexico coasts‚ earthquakes near the San Andreas and other fault lines‚ volcanic eruptions‚ tornadoes in the plains‚ and floods throughout the Midwest‚ the United States suffers approximately $1 billion in losses each week. From 1990-93
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A partnership is really the relationship that lives between persons operating business in common in a bid to always profit. In a partnership two and twenty persons jointly own the partnership property while a company owns its assets and not its members and does not always set up to make profits. As oppose to a company who always has a written Articles of Incorporation a partnership agreement could be verbal and therefore makes is difficult to demonstrate its existence. And also‚ unlike
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Spree Killers and What Made Them Snap What is the difference between a spree killer and a serial killer? Well it has nothing to do with the amount of victims. A serial killer is defined as a person who murders three or more people with a cooling off period between each killing. A spree killer on the other hand is someone who kills two or more people with little or no cooling off period in-between. Spree killers‚ or mass murderers are among the scariest types of killers because most of the time
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not be a problem. It becomes a problem when people do not cooperate and want to start fighting back. Officers are just trying to do their job and protect everyone. Sometimes they can be wrong about who they stop but at least know that person knows what they were doing is suspicious and not good to do around. The case took long to process because it was hard trying to figure out if the officer had the right to seize the weapon. In order to search someone you have to have probable cause. The court
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You will see blue seas and oceans‚ rivers and lakes‚ high snow-capped mountains‚ green forests and fields. For centuries man lived in harmony with nature until industrialization brought human society into conflict with the natural environment. Today‚ the contradictions between man and nature have acquired a dramatic character. With the development of civilization man’s interference in nature has increased. Every year the world’s industry pollutes the atmosphere with millions of tons of dust and other
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