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The Evolution of Imperfection


Imperfect Genes, Fisherian Mutation and the Evolution of Sex - PMC

Abstract. In this paper we present a mathematical model of mutation and selection that allows for the coexistence of multiple alleles at a locus with very small ...

Imperfection: A Natural History by Telmo Pievani - Abbey's Bookshop

Life on earth is a catalog of accidents, alternatives, and errors that turned out to work quite well. In this book, Telmo Pievani shows that ...

A comparative analysis of the evolution of imperfect mimicry

This suggests that there will be an equilibrium resemblance that is close to perfection without ever reaching it. Constraints hypothesis – Maybe there is some ...

Satyric Mimicry: The Evolution of Apparent Imperfection - NASA/ADS

Dittrich et al. (Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 251, 195 (1993)) recently proposed that the existence of hoverfly species which are `imperfect' mimics of wasps is a ...

Why should we have the right to be imperfect? - Diplo

We argue for the acceptance and value of human imperfections in a world increasingly driven by AI and technology, highlighting the ...

A comparative analysis of the evolution of imperfect mimicry.

Perhaps the best examples of imperfect mimics are found in hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), which are considered Batesian (harmless) mimics of hymenopteran ...

Nature's brilliant imperfection - Prospect Magazine

Pievani traces the imperfection of nature right back to the Big Bang, and goes beyond biology into engineering: the phone landline was not ...

The Top Ten Daily Consequences of Having Evolved | Smithsonian

1. Our cells are weird chimeras · 2. Hiccups · 3. Backaches · 4. Unsupported intestines · 5. Choking · 6. We're awfully cold in winter · 7. Goosebumps ...

Model aversiveness and the evolution of imperfect Batesian mimics

Model aversiveness and the evolution of imperfect Batesian mimics ... There are numerous examples of Batesian mimics that only imperfectly resemble their models.

The Dark Side of the Hive: The Evolution of the Imperfect Honey Bee

species and how the evolutionary history of both humans and bees are interlinked. This is done by highlighting how perfectly imperfect our honey bees are ...

Satyric Mimicry - jstor

Here we put forward a new theory of the evolution of 'imperfect mimics'. We propose that the apparent imperfection should be regarded as either true ambiguity, ...

Telmo Pievani - Living With Our Natural Imperfections (w/Q&A)

... Imperfections." This event was recorded on November 27, 2023 ... The Evolution of Purposes - Presented by Prof Daniel Dennett. Science ...

Darwin and Helmholtz on Imperfections of the Eye - JAMA Network

This concern reflected a major battleground in the very idea that species could change in the course of time to become different species, instead of being ...

Biggest Flaws with the Human Body? : r/evolution - Reddit

56 votes, 80 comments. I've become oddly fascinated with how imperfect the human body is. Yes I know its got a lot of good stuff too, ...

Perfect Imperfection - Wikipedia

Pierwsza tercja progresu; also sometimes translated as "Ideal Imperfection") is a science fiction novel published in 2004 by the Polish science fiction writer ...

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The intelligent design argument is very weak because it can be formulated inversely. In this way, some imperfections of the universe and the Earth, the ...

The evolution of imperfect floral mimicry - PNAS

We provide here chemical and behavioral evidence that a sexually deceptive orchid benefits from its mimetic imperfection to its co-occurring and specific bee ...

Why death and aging ? All memories are imperfect - ScienceDirect

Kendall and Su (2007) offered an alternate approach to evolution, modeling adaptation as the responses of intelligent organisms to an 'imperfect' environment ...

The evolution of imperfect floral mimicry - Zora.uzh.ch

We provide here chemical and behavioral evidence that a sexually deceptive orchid benefits from its mimetic imperfection to its co-occurring and specific bee ...