Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
... The goal of this course is to promote active learning and critical thinking that would help students appreciate human diversity. We discuss different issues such as the origins of life, the concept of race, and culture. We will also try to attempt to recognize the correct way of looking at the world ...
... The goal of this course is to promote active learning and critical thinking that would help students appreciate human diversity. We discuss different issues such as the origins of life, the concept of race, and culture. We will also try to attempt to recognize the correct way of looking at the world ...
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... You can determine omega for the whole dataset; however, usually not all sites in a sequence are under selection all the ...
... You can determine omega for the whole dataset; however, usually not all sites in a sequence are under selection all the ...
Chapter 10
... Purposes and goals are unique to human thought. Evolution occurs without purpose or goal, by chance. Natural phenomena do not have purpose. Scientists use chance or randomness, to mean that when physical causes can result in any of several outcomes, scientists cannot predict what the outcome will be ...
... Purposes and goals are unique to human thought. Evolution occurs without purpose or goal, by chance. Natural phenomena do not have purpose. Scientists use chance or randomness, to mean that when physical causes can result in any of several outcomes, scientists cannot predict what the outcome will be ...
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... evolved individuals, although not selected directly to become less sensitive to variation in initial conditions, have achieved this property. It is also clear that knockout mutations significantly increase the sensitivity to initial conditions of both beforeevolution and after-evolution individuals. ...
... evolved individuals, although not selected directly to become less sensitive to variation in initial conditions, have achieved this property. It is also clear that knockout mutations significantly increase the sensitivity to initial conditions of both beforeevolution and after-evolution individuals. ...
Reading 5.2 – Population Bottlenecks and Founder Effects
... And unfortunately, those are exactly the circumstances faced by cheetahs today. As a species, cheetahs have famously low levels of genetic variation. This can probably be attributed to a population bottleneck they experienced around 10,000 years ago, barely avoiding extinction at the end of the last ...
... And unfortunately, those are exactly the circumstances faced by cheetahs today. As a species, cheetahs have famously low levels of genetic variation. This can probably be attributed to a population bottleneck they experienced around 10,000 years ago, barely avoiding extinction at the end of the last ...
Using genomics to track hatchery effects
... hatchery- and wild-origin steelhead in the declining abundance of wild populations but specific causal genetic changes remain elusive. • Current management emphasizes natural production and requires robust tools to monitor the interactions between hatchery- and natural-origin populations. • Recent a ...
... hatchery- and wild-origin steelhead in the declining abundance of wild populations but specific causal genetic changes remain elusive. • Current management emphasizes natural production and requires robust tools to monitor the interactions between hatchery- and natural-origin populations. • Recent a ...
Genetic Algorithms
... Genetic Algorithms • The research on Genetic Algorithms focuses on imitating the evolution cycle in Algorithms. • That method is applicable for many hard search and optimization problems. ...
... Genetic Algorithms • The research on Genetic Algorithms focuses on imitating the evolution cycle in Algorithms. • That method is applicable for many hard search and optimization problems. ...
Evidence from the gnarly New Zealand snails for and against the red
... of adaptation? What was the point of making F2 hybrids and placing them into the field? What was the evidence for or against the effects of major gene action? What was the conceptual gist of the Nature paper on flycatchers? Why was having a phylogeny important to the argument? Was there selection ag ...
... of adaptation? What was the point of making F2 hybrids and placing them into the field? What was the evidence for or against the effects of major gene action? What was the conceptual gist of the Nature paper on flycatchers? Why was having a phylogeny important to the argument? Was there selection ag ...
Vegetables: DNA-based Marker Assisted Selection
... Only a small amount of plant tissue is needed. Breeders can make selection determinations at the seedling stage, for example, and save only those plants of interest for a whole plant observation. Larger plant populations may be assessed than with conventional techniques; or space, time, and resource ...
... Only a small amount of plant tissue is needed. Breeders can make selection determinations at the seedling stage, for example, and save only those plants of interest for a whole plant observation. Larger plant populations may be assessed than with conventional techniques; or space, time, and resource ...
Creature Lab
... Background Information: Traits are genetic characteristics that are unique and help identify one organism from another. The genetic code, or genes, (called the genotype) responsible for determining the traits of an organism can sometimes be determined just by the way the organism looks (the phenotyp ...
... Background Information: Traits are genetic characteristics that are unique and help identify one organism from another. The genetic code, or genes, (called the genotype) responsible for determining the traits of an organism can sometimes be determined just by the way the organism looks (the phenotyp ...
Student handout - Inquiry-Based Activities in Genomics and
... Natural selection then became a process that altered the frequency of genes in a population and this defined evolution. This point of view held sway for many decades but more recently the classic Neo-Darwinian view has been replaced by a new concept which includes several other mechanisms in additio ...
... Natural selection then became a process that altered the frequency of genes in a population and this defined evolution. This point of view held sway for many decades but more recently the classic Neo-Darwinian view has been replaced by a new concept which includes several other mechanisms in additio ...
The Units of Culture
... pattern nor the configuration, at least as conceptualized by Kroeber, seemed not to have much utility as a unit of culture, at least for comparative purposes. The most famous proponent of the culture pattern among American anthropologists was Ruth Benedict. In her “configurationalist” approach, Bene ...
... pattern nor the configuration, at least as conceptualized by Kroeber, seemed not to have much utility as a unit of culture, at least for comparative purposes. The most famous proponent of the culture pattern among American anthropologists was Ruth Benedict. In her “configurationalist” approach, Bene ...
PSYCHOLOGY VS. ANTHROPOLOGY: WHERE IS CULTURE IN
... What does it ‘say’ in our world to drive one of these brands? We argued, for instance, that a particular brand can message ‘youthful risk-taker’ whether the owner necessarily has this psychological profile or not. An owner might want to forge a connection with his kids, for example, or want a youthf ...
... What does it ‘say’ in our world to drive one of these brands? We argued, for instance, that a particular brand can message ‘youthful risk-taker’ whether the owner necessarily has this psychological profile or not. An owner might want to forge a connection with his kids, for example, or want a youthf ...
syllabus.96 - Oberlin College
... reach a critical understanding of the most important modes of thought about the nature of culture, how it is studied, and the ways anthropologists from various theoretical points of view have interpreted and explained it. The course should enable you to organize your readings from this and other ant ...
... reach a critical understanding of the most important modes of thought about the nature of culture, how it is studied, and the ways anthropologists from various theoretical points of view have interpreted and explained it. The course should enable you to organize your readings from this and other ant ...
What`s in a Meme? The Development of the Meme as a Unit of Culture
... Higher Level Units. According to Kroeber, patterns of art, religion, philosophy, technology, and science wax and wane regularly in cultures, often without the knowledge of the members of the cultures. In particular, he showed how Western dress styles, in terms of width and length of the skirt and de ...
... Higher Level Units. According to Kroeber, patterns of art, religion, philosophy, technology, and science wax and wane regularly in cultures, often without the knowledge of the members of the cultures. In particular, he showed how Western dress styles, in terms of width and length of the skirt and de ...
Phenotypic evolution under Fisher`s Fundamental Theorem of Natural
... of Natural Selection. In this derivation the genetic covariance matrix is not necessarily a fixed object and is likely to alter as directional selection proceeds. Under stabilizing or equilibrium selection, the mean phenotypes take on values identical to those which would be predicted by an "optimiz ...
... of Natural Selection. In this derivation the genetic covariance matrix is not necessarily a fixed object and is likely to alter as directional selection proceeds. Under stabilizing or equilibrium selection, the mean phenotypes take on values identical to those which would be predicted by an "optimiz ...
16-2 Evolution as Genetic Change
... Genetic drift may occur when a small group of individuals colonizes a new habitat. Individuals may carry alleles in different relative frequencies than did the larger population from which they came. The new population will be genetically different from the parent population. ...
... Genetic drift may occur when a small group of individuals colonizes a new habitat. Individuals may carry alleles in different relative frequencies than did the larger population from which they came. The new population will be genetically different from the parent population. ...
Dominant Genetic Disorders
... affects the nervous system. It is rare. Symptoms occur when the person is between 30 and 50 years old. Symptoms are gradual loss of brain function, uncontrollable movements, and emotional disturbances. Genetic tests can tell people whether they have the gene for Huntington’s disease, but there is cu ...
... affects the nervous system. It is rare. Symptoms occur when the person is between 30 and 50 years old. Symptoms are gradual loss of brain function, uncontrollable movements, and emotional disturbances. Genetic tests can tell people whether they have the gene for Huntington’s disease, but there is cu ...
1 Lecture 9 Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form
... (Allen’s rule), both of which, by decreasing the ratio of surface area to body mass, reduce the rate of loss of body heat. a. Bergmann’s rule – the relationship between body size and latitude. b. Allen’s rule – populations of homeotherms in colder climates have shorter appendages. c. These patterns, ...
... (Allen’s rule), both of which, by decreasing the ratio of surface area to body mass, reduce the rate of loss of body heat. a. Bergmann’s rule – the relationship between body size and latitude. b. Allen’s rule – populations of homeotherms in colder climates have shorter appendages. c. These patterns, ...
Human inheritance
... patterns like the traits that Gregor Mendel studied in pea plants. Other human traits have more complex inheritance patterns. How Mendelian traits are inherited depends on whether the traits are controlled by genes on autosomes or the X and Y chromosomes. ...
... patterns like the traits that Gregor Mendel studied in pea plants. Other human traits have more complex inheritance patterns. How Mendelian traits are inherited depends on whether the traits are controlled by genes on autosomes or the X and Y chromosomes. ...
Heredity and How Traits Change
... Do you agree or disagree? 5. A population that lacks variation among its individuals might not be able to adapt to a changing environment. ...
... Do you agree or disagree? 5. A population that lacks variation among its individuals might not be able to adapt to a changing environment. ...