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... selection denotes any departure from Hardy - Weinberg equilibrium brought about by differential reproductive success . Natural selection may act upon mutations or upon the existing repertory of genes . When acting upon mutations ...
... selection denotes any departure from Hardy - Weinberg equilibrium brought about by differential reproductive success . Natural selection may act upon mutations or upon the existing repertory of genes . When acting upon mutations ...
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... selection . Under the influence of the prevailing philosophy of economic competition , however , both Darwin and Wallace accepted Thomas Malthus's concept of a " struggle for survival " as the main source of selection for reproductive ...
... selection . Under the influence of the prevailing philosophy of economic competition , however , both Darwin and Wallace accepted Thomas Malthus's concept of a " struggle for survival " as the main source of selection for reproductive ...
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... selection to have taken place . L. L. Cavalli - Sforza ( 1972 ) has suggested an ingenious hypothesis for reconciling these anomalies with the Vitamin - D selection theory . Perhaps the development of white skin was a by - product of ...
... selection to have taken place . L. L. Cavalli - Sforza ( 1972 ) has suggested an ingenious hypothesis for reconciling these anomalies with the Vitamin - D selection theory . Perhaps the development of white skin was a by - product of ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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