Cumulative

Will carcinogens have more of an impact over time if you were exposed at a younger age? I don't mean being exposed froma younger age, I'm talking about one exposure event that could occur at a young age or an old age. Perhaps some carcinogens never leave your system, so their damages accumulate more...

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... Pardon me for disagreeing, but I don’t think I was wrong about the process and probabilities. I never stated that the perfection process is not cumulative. I have not disagreed with what Dawkins called in that video “opening of gradualistic lock”. YES, with each successful outcome the bug retains ...

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... – each consecutive alteration of genes is statistically independent from previous outcomes… am I wrong?). Yes (you are wrong). Selective steps are cumulative. Greenishness, once it appears, does not have to be re-invented in each generation. That first bug that stumbled upon a slight greenishness ...

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... is causing confusion, since you've underlined it. My use of the word is to indicate that evolution usually happens by small, incremental, cumulative steps. Large jumps are not the norm. If the mimic species is changing by large jumps, then it should be disqualified for cheating. Wouldn’t ...

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... I will be taking genetics and a course in the diversity in fungi, algae, and plants over the summer. I am taking extra science courses to raise my cumulative science GPA in order to increase my chances of matriculating to medical school. I am considering taking some combination of the following ...

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