"concept" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Taking these notions into account, the very existence of genetic buffering, and the functional redundancies required for it, presents a paradox in light of the Darwinian (or: selectionist) concept.
- Commentators grafted the Darwinian concept of "survival of the fittest" onto notions of social class.
- Lotka proposed the theory that the Darwinian concept of natural selection could be quantified as a physical law.
- He taught himself biology (with which he had little previous experience) and his studies led him to discover Darwinian concepts of natural selection and evolution.
- Julian S. Huxley wrote a foreword (labelled 'Introduction') which defends the Darwinian concept of adaptation, especially of colour (in animals) and within that frame of mimicry.
- A recurring theme in Mr. Gould's writings is his support and explication of the Darwinian concept that evolution is driven by chance and circumstance, contingency and improbability.
- A lack of understanding about Darwinian concepts - natural selection, for example - undermines our capacity as a society to prevent, rather than contribute to, the development of "superbugs" like antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
- It was seen as a much faster alternative to the Darwinian concept of a gradual process of small random variations being acted on by natural selection.
- Together, they introduced Darwinian concepts into secondary education and began their studies on the taxonomy and behavior of jumping spiders (Salticidae), a large group of visually oriented spiders.
- (Note the combination of philosophical concepts with biological principles, notably the Darwinian concept of trial and error to select amongst the arbitrarily-produced "schemes").
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