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Population

Definition

noun

(general)

People inhabiting a territory, as in American population.

(genetics, ecology)

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.

(statistics)

A set of individuals, objects, or data from where a statistical sample can be drawn


Supplement

Word origin: from Latin populatio, from populus = people.

Related forms: populational (adjective)
Related phrases: population characteristics, population surveillance.


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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... with something new in the fused copy for epigenetic systems to control to meet the needs of the growing cell. The fusion now replicates in the population as follows: 48 and 48 parents produce a 48 offspring only. 48 and 47 parents produce a 48 or 47 offspring. 47 and 47 parents produce a 48 ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:00 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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[you say Populations Evolve Not Individuals so lets try this tack- i am not happy with it if the new species population has traits that are not present in its parent population then this shows ns is wrong as ns is about the transmission of already present triats In other words ...

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by robsabba
Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:29 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Views: 16271

Natural selection is proven wrong

... can breed which means they are the same species but they are different species thus a contradiction Populations Evolve Not Individuals fact is populations are made up of individuals and if a trait appears in an off spring which is not present in its parents then that shows ns is wrong as ns ...

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by gamila
Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:37 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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... is not present in its parents then that shows ns is wrong as ns is about traits already present i being passed on Please listen. One more time. Populations Evolve Not Individuals. Evolution is a Change in Gene Frequency In A Population, not an individual and its offspring alone. you said Neither ...

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by robsabba
Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:22 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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... gene. Let's look at an example of how this works. I told you already about the fruit fly experiment, where after a number of generations, two populations were selected for that fell outside the original population's range for bristle hair number. This is a quanitative trait, determined by ...

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by robsabba
Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:48 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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