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| that which occurs when something (a processor) alters inputs, such that outputs are different than inputs |
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| a system's parts interact in a way that results in these parts taking on a non-random arrangement |
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| a single instruction within a genome |
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| Shape-Performance Tradeoff |
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| the notion that because an organism has a particular shape (at any point during its life) it cannot be great at doing everything. Any shape makes certain activities possible, but at the cost of not being the best shape to perform well in other ways |
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| the tendency for the velocity of any object to stay the same |
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| a regular pattern of occurence in Nature |
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| the push and pull that an object experiences as the result of an interaction with another object at a distance |
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| a species' position in an energy food chain. 1st level: species use the sun as energy source. 2nd level: species acquire their needed supply of usable energy by feeding on 1st level species and so on. |
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| a set of information that, in total, has sufficient information to guide the development of a reproductively competent organism |
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| Gross Production Efficiency |
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| the efficiency with which biomass consumed from one trophic level is converted into biomass at the next trophic level |
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| the set of conditions (based on each species' set of requirements) under which a species can maintain a viable population |
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| the maximum sustainable population size for each species within a community |
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| that which results from 2 or more processes being linked together by regulatory connections |
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| when the parts of system are arranged in a pattern-that is, they have a non-random arrangement |
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| the tendency of certain objects, due to field force interactions, to take on and/ or stay in a non-random arrangement |
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| what any arrangement that can code for some activity has (something that has information can be interpreted, where the interpretation is the conversion of the coded activity into the activity) |
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| 1st Law of Thermodynamics |
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| energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only transformed from one type of energy to another |
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| any property of a system that results from the arrangement of the system's parts |
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| when a sensor that detects some trend of change initiates rate adjustments that act to reverse the trend |
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| any device that adjusts a processor's rate as a response to detecting some change in conditions |
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| any device that adjusts a processor's rate as a response to detecting some change in conditions |
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| whenever 1 processor is input limited and the actions of another processor influences the supply of the limiting input |
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| when a sensor that detects some trend of change initiates rate adjustments that act to maintain or even accelerate the trend |
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| the number of genomes contained within a cell |
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| the entire genetic constitution of a sexual population (all the genetic information contained all the genotypes of the individuals that make up the population) |
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| a modification of the genotype within an individual cell. Multicelluar organisms: somatic cell or germ cell |
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| the 2 step process of descent with modification followed by persistence across generations |
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| whenever a modified type is caught in a reproductive race with an ancestral type, and the outcome of the race is affected by differences in performance ability |
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| whenever a modified type is caught in a reproductive race with an ancestral type and the outcome of the race is affected by chance occurences |
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| the act of maintaining similar conditions despite constant disruptive fluctuations |
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| a general idea that aids in conceptually unifying, hence explaining, many and diverse phenomena of Nature |
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| energy associated with the potential-due to the presence of an unequal distribution of forces-of an object to increase its velocity, or accelerate, in the future |
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| a measured property of the surrounding world; measured observation (perspective of the observer) |
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| when an sexual population produces 2 distinct types of gametes-generally a small mobile gamete (male) and a larger nutrient-laden gamete (female) |
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| a haploid cell capable of fusing with another gamete-typically of the opposite sex-to form a diploid cell |
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| when genetic information from more than 1 individual is combined into a single individual |
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| when genetic information from more than 1 individual is combined into a single individual |
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| when genetic information from more than 1 individual is combined into a single individual |
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| when genetic information from more than 1 individual is combined into a single individual |
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| when genetic information from more than 1 individual is combined into a single individual |
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| an organism's specific constitution of genetic information |
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| the production of offspring by a single parent, where, in the absence of errors the paren'ts genotype is passed intact to each offspring |
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| the pattern of relatedness among different species, where any 2 species relatedness depends on how recently they branched from a common ancestor |
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| the performing (active) part of an individual organism, which is generally thougth of as the organism's body and specific features of an individual's body |
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| Biological Species Concept |
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| 2 individual organisms of the opposite sex are members of the same species, if and only if, they recognize each other as potential mates; and if they mate they produce a viable offspring; the largest unit of populations within which the mixing genetic information through sexual reproduction occurs and should occur |
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