microevolution
111Evolution of Mollusca — Diagram of primitive mollusc viewed from left side. Hypothetical mollusc ancestor. From Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. The current understanding of molluscan phylogeny is shown below. Horizontal cladogram (source:[1]) …
112Evolution of ageing — Enquiry into the evolution of ageing aims to explain why almost all living things weaken and die with age. There is not yet agreement in the scientific community on a single answer. The evolutionary origin of senescence remains a fundamental… …
113Gerald A. Kerkut — or G. A. Kerkut (1927 2004) was a noted British zoologist and physiologist. He attended the University of Cambridge from 1945 to 1952 and earned a doctorate in zoology. He went on to establish the Department of Physiology and Biochemistry at… …
114Models of DNA evolution — A number of different Markov models of DNA sequence evolution have been proposed. These substitution models differ in terms of the parameters used to describe the rates at which one nucleotide replaces another during evolution. These models are… …
115Chikungunya outbreaks — This article discusses recent Chikungunya outbreaks. For general information about Chikungunya, see the Chikungunya article. An analysis of the Chikungunya virus s genetic code suggests that the increased severity of the 2005–present outbreak may …
116Yuri Filipchenko — (sometimes spelled Philipchenko), Russian entomologist and coiner of the terms microevolution and macroevolution . Mentor of Theodosius Dobzhansky. Though he himself was an orthogenetic he was one of the first scientists to incorporate the laws… …
117Charles Darwin — Charles Darwin …
118Biology — For other uses, see Biology (disambiguation). Biology deals with the study of the many varieties of living organisms. Cloc …
119Panmixia — (or panmixis) means random mating.[1][2] A panmictic population is one where all individuals are potential partners. This assumes that there are no mating restrictions, neither genetic or behavioural, upon the population, and that therefore all… …
120Evolution of the horse — This image shows a representative sequence but should not be construed to represent a straight line evolution of the horse. Reconstruction, left forefoot skeleton (third digit emphasized yellow) and longitudinal section of molars of selected… …
