When we think of adaptation we often imagine responses to variations in exogenous parameters. To be plain and concrete, the weather changes and sea levels rise. A less obvious case would be random acts of nature which can alter the course of evolution. New World monkeys are likely to have radiated from a small founding [...]
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Razib Khan
Razib Khan has an academic background in the biological sciences and has worked in software. He is an Unz Foundation Junior Fellow and lives in the western United States. His primary blog is Gene Expression, at Discover Magazine. You can subscribe to all his content at this feed.
When we think of adaptation we often imagine responses to variations in exogenous parameters. To be plain and concrete, the weather changes and sea levels rise. A less obvious case would be random acts of nature which can alter the course of evolution. New World monkeys are likely to have radiated from a small founding [...]