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    The term "sexual selection" was proposed by Darwin. He contrasted in a sense‚ natural selection sexual selection because‚ as he said‚ sexual selection occurs not as a result of the struggle for existence‚ as in the case of natural selection and the struggle for the possession of individuals of the same sex. And‚ as a rule‚ the struggle between the males for possession of the females. Since then‚ continuing fierce debate about this phenomenon - sexual selection‚ and still many researchers‚ for example

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    Recruitment selection within an internal or external organization involves certain processes to reflect good outcome and results. Job analysis is carried out under supervision and deep observation by job holders and managers to determine the nature of work and candidates available to be selected for a job. To decide those aspects; a systematic process is taken by different methods of job analysis to gather up different information and data to summarize the selection of preferable candidates. Nowadays

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    Biomes and Diversity Extinction is a natural selection process. Should humans strive to preserve a representative sample of all biomes or aquatic zones? Why should humans be concerned with the extinction rate? This is an interesting question. Lets consider the fact that it begins by stating extinction is a natural selection process. This seems to stifle one side of this argument.The side of the argument that rallies humans to be concerned with the extinction rate and strive to preserve a representation

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    The Units and Levels of Selection by Samir Okasha (Ch 8‚ A Companion to Philosophy of Biology) Traditional Darwinian View – * Though Darwin treats individual organisms as basic unit of selection‚ other possibilities can be seen * Lewontin (1970) – Natural Selection will operate on any level that exhibits ‘heritable variation in fitness’. * Hence the question of level seems purely empirical – but is not. Historically – * The debate of Levels of Selection can be traced back to

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    The American Museum of Natural History: Anthropology The American Museum of Natural History has many exhibits that demonstrate many aspects of anthropology. The Museum is located on Central Park West between W81st and W77nd streets. The museum is an excellent place to open oneself to many new ideas and cultures. When looking through the museum the exhibits that are anthropological could enhance ones understanding of a culture. The museum is very big and a lot of time is needed to get the most

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    Abstract: Having study natural selection and artificial selection we wanted to select for a trait on the plant Brassica rapa. We hypothesized that the leaf density is heritable and veritable. After our experiment we were able to conclude that our hypothesis was refuted because our average leaf density in our daughter population increased. Introduction: We are artificially selecting for a trait in the plant Brassica rapa. ( Wisconsin Fast Plant). Brassica rapa has been artificially selected

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    Explain‚ with examples‚ how the processes of natural selection and sexual selection are thought to have contributed to modern-day human behaviour. The processes of natural and sexual selection can help to explain why modern-day human behaviour has evolved. There are many physical and psychological characteristics that all human beings‚ across cultures‚ display today that have evolved from our ancestors‚ over thousands of years. As a result of the selection process‚ we have adapted in particular ways

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    Mid-Terms Charles and Emma notes Summary Charles Darwin was born on February 12‚ 1809‚ in Shrewsbury‚ England and died at the Down House in Kent on April 19‚ 1882. He was born to Robert and Susannah Darwin. In 1831‚ Darwin was offered a position on board the HMS Beagle. He eagerly accepted the opportunity and spent the next five years on board the Beagle. Henslow and other geologists‚ zoologists‚ and botanists were fascinated by the specimens he had collected.

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    functions (comments are in red color): Action selection pointer Double click Left click Left down/up Scroll wheel Right click Turn off movements. Usefull when typing with keyboard. 1 Menu functions (like left click) are initiated when the pointer is moved onto the desired function button and stays still for a moment. Precision selection cursor is used for action selection. Bolded text on the button indicates the selected function. If the precision selection cursor goes away from menu‚ no action will

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    Mate selection

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    Mate Selection Selecting your mate is not only what you want physically in a person but also the propinquity you share with one another. I created a survey questioning age to see any patterns by how much age difference and what mate is usually is oldest. Then I included questions their economical back ground to analyze if there is vast income class gaps in between on another. On the survey I included questions about their educational level and income level many times often related the higher education

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