
Dictionary » P » Population PopulationDefinition noun (general) People inhabiting a territory, as in American population. A group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time (e.g. deer population). (taxonomy) A low-level taxonomic rank. A set of individuals, objects, or data from where a statistical sample can be drawn
Word origin: from Latin populatio, from populus = people. Related forms: populational (adjective)
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Results from our forumRe:... unaffected by the other, and the probability of beneficial mutation does not increase with each mutation. You're wrong. That would be true, if the population was growing, but if it's size is stable, then the number of offspring will be approx. the same each year (or generation). Thus the mutation ...
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what causes enlarged small-groups to break up?... is a general rule, it would be observed. Divided ideologies have not lead to splits in civilization, nor any splits in small or medium size human populations. This has not been observed in humans. However, I do understand that his has occurred in animal populations. Stresses in population in animal ...
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Re:... shown or observed to increase at the passage of time. Also, the probability of positive mutations does not increase the more mutations occur in a population. Sickle cell anemia is disease, where haemoglobin is mutated in one amino acid and this causes bad-shaped red blood cells and that makes ...
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The Implausible Engines of Evolution... shown or observed to increase at the passage of time. Also, the probability of positive mutations does not increase the more mutations occur in a population. 2)I could indeed be wrong in saying that mutated genes are recessive. I did say that this was an assumption, although, it was more a deductive ...
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The Implausible Engines of Evolution... gene). Depending on the mutation, one allele may or may not have an effect on its own. But as generations pass and if the mutation prevails in the population, the chances are that two heterozygotes mate, possibly producing a homozygous offspring and the full effect of the mutation can be seen. ...
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