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Don't be missing link on evolution science

Edit Belfast Telegraph 16 Sep 2016
Both microevolution and macroevolution observably function from the same four basic mechanisms of change ... Share Go To ... ....

Genesis kinds: Variations within and not a new species

Edit The Examiner 17 May 2016
Studies that find small "variations within" a species over time, such as in the size of finch beaks or the coloration of moths, are sometimes used to try to prove Darwinian evolution ... Adaptation within a species is called microevolution ... In the same way, microevolution is at work when breeders produce varieties ranging from Chihuahuas to Great Danes within the one species Canis famaliaris, the domestic dog ... ....

Microevolution of Outbreak-Associated Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, South Korea, 2015

Edit Topix 20 Feb 2016
Patients represented at least 4 generations of transmission ... ....

Butterfly populations in England at risk

Edit The Hindu 19 Oct 2015
A study of climate change and land-use impacts on butterfly populations in England has revealed that persistence of a business as usual scenario will lead to widespread drought-sensitive butterfly population extinctions occurring as early as 2050 ... This was the most severe summer since records began in 1776 ... One possibility is that microevolution of drought tolerance could mitigate some future impacts ... Keywords....

Ben Carson Squirms on ‘The View’: Candidate Grilled on Oregon Shooting, Abortion, and Evolution

Edit The Daily Beast 06 Oct 2015
The doctor turned politician was probed on everything from his comments about arming kindergarten teachers in reaction to the Oregon shooting to not believing in evolution. Shop ▾. “Do you ever yell?”. Dr ... And things started off easy. No, Carson doesn’t yell anymore ... First of all, evolution… Microevolution versus macroevolution are two different things. We’re talking about natural selection when we’re talking about microevolution....

Alabama Students Will Finally Learn About Evolution -- But Might Still Get This Giant Disclaimer

Edit Huffington Post 18 Sep 2015
Alabama students will finally learn about evolution in their science classes. But that information could still come with a giant disclaimer that it is a "controversial theory." ... Below is the full text of the current sticker, which Newsweek posted earlier today..   ...   ...   ... (White moths, for example, may 'evolve' into gray moths.) This process is microevolution, which can be observed and described as fact ...   ... ....

The Danger Of GMOs: Is It All In Your Mind?

Edit National Public Radio 27 Apr 2015
3.36 AM ET. Tania Lombrozo. i. iStockimage. iStockimage ... psychological essentialism and a preference for the "natural." ... One recent paper reported greater opposition to transgenic modifications (which involve crossing species boundaries) than to cisgentic modifications (within the same species), mirroring people's greater resistance to macroevolution (which crosses putative "essence" boundaries) than to microevolution (which does not) ... ....

Race and biology, part 3

Edit The Examiner 25 Apr 2015
By the first quarter of the 20th century, "A race was no longer a real series of populations, no longer a large cluster of real human groups, but an abstraction. It became, rather, a series of qualities or characteristics that were located in individual people"(Marks). Thus, Harvard's Roland B ... Thus, Frederich Hulse, in the intellectual generation that succeeded Hooton, recast the biological aspects of race in terms of microevolution ... ....

A Doctor Explains Why Creationism is True, on Sun. 4-26-15

Edit The Examiner 21 Apr 2015
On the Sunday evening of 4-26-15, Portland Community Church is inviting the community to a free atheist/Christian discussion, following a free community meal. All event details can be found at this link. http.//tinyurl.com/atheist-dinner ... Bart Rask ... Dr ... Evolutionary studies are found to actually demonstrate either (1) microevolution, or (2) descriptions of comparative biology. The empiric limits of microevolution are defined....

Study: Invasive species can dramatically alter landscapes (Purdue University)

Edit noodls 11 Dec 2014
(Source. Purdue University). WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Invasive plant and animal species can cause dramatic and enduring changes to the geography and ecology of landscapes, a study from Purdue University and the University of Kentucky shows ... "This is a new frontier in science," he said ... Writer ... In addition, invasive species can alter selection pressures in both macroevolution and microevolution by changing geomorphic processes....

Transient Darwinian selection in Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A during 450 years of global spread of enteric fever

Edit PNAS 31 Jul 2014
Abstract ... Has Darwinian (diversifying) selection at the genomic level recently driven microevolution within bacterial pathogens of humans? Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A is a major cause of enteric fever, with a microbiological history dating to 1898 ... During that time period, the effective population size has undergone expansion, reduction, and recent expansion ... ....

A Bayesian Approach to Inferring the Phylogenetic Structure of Communities from Metagenomic Data

Edit Genetics 01 May 2014
Abstract. Metagenomics provides a powerful new tool set for investigating evolutionary interactions with the environment ... metagenomics Bayesian phylogenetics microevolution Received January 7, 2014. Accepted April 9, 2014. ....

10 Bizarre Scientific Art Projects

Edit ListVerse 22 Apr 2014
Nolan Moore April 22, 2014. People tend to divide the population into two categories. the analytical, sciencey types and the freethinking, artistic folks. However, real life isn’t that clear cut. Be it biology, technology, or meteorology, there are plenty of artists out there who express themselves through science ... Featured photo credit ... It was microevolution in action, adaptation in a box, and exactly what Vermuelen wanted to see ... ....
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