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Prolific

prolific

1. Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.

2. Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.

3. (Science: botany) proliferous.

Origin: F. Prolifique, fr. L. Proles offspring (from pro for, forward _ the root of alere to nourish) _ facere = to make. See Adult, Old, and Fact.


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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... standard natural selection doesn't necessarily apply. Modern medicine allows people with harmful disorders (asthma, diabetes, etc) to live long prolific lives, and pass their genes on to the next generation. In a more "natural" setting, these people would die much sooner, leaving no ...

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by biohazard
Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16334

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... standard natural selection doesn't necessarily apply. Modern medicine allows people with harmful disorders (asthma, diabetes, etc) to live long prolific lives, and pass their genes on to the next generation. In a more "natural" setting, these people would die much sooner, leaving no ...

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by AstusAleator
Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:40 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16334

Re: Dangerous Protozoa

... into or swim in warm fresh waters, such as shallow lakes, ponds, some streams and rivers and poorly treated swimming pools. They are usually quite prolific when water temps. exceed 80°F. and quite deadly, causing painful death sometimes, within 72 hrs., the infection is usually considered 100% ...

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by Ken Ramos
Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:01 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Dangerous Protozoa
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Views: 1401

Microevolution is a fairytale

... Natural Selection "Some types of organisms within a population leave more offspring than others. Over time, the frequency of the more prolific type will increase. The difference in reproductive capability is called natural selection. Natural selection is the only mechanism of adaptive ...

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by supersport
Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:19 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Microevolution is a fairytale
Replies: 23
Views: 3262

Sexual production / Asexual production-What are the benifts?

... and lowers the odds of them all being "gotten" by something). It's hard to be multicellular (sort of okay if you're tiny) and be that prolific, but variation is important. The weird development of genetic mixing set up a world of trees and mushrooms and zebras.

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by Darby
Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:09 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Sexual production / Asexual production-What are the benifts?
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