Contingency table

... and descended from a common ancestor. It is also clear that historical contingency is a theory that provides the drive towards speciation. So this ... LTEE, because mutation rates vary greatly. My evolution textbook has a table showing various mutation rates per 100,000 cells or gametes. These ...

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... point? I don’t accept I was splitting hairs, - bringing meat to the table and digesting that meat are two different functions, the function that ... this gradualism has been retained in the modern synthesis. Historical Contingency is a main driving mechanism according to Eldridge and Gould As ...

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