[PDF] Top 20 A model for brain life history evolution

... and brain imaging also in humans has identified various brain regions specialized for social interaction [19, ...large-brain evolution via phylogenetic analyses, artificial selection ... See full document

... derivations are given in the appendix.) Note that setting pˆ ⫽ 0 or 1 and solving for c immedi- We consider a population that is large enough for the ately recovers the invasion and fixation conditions de- effects of ... See full document

... phenotypic evolution but provides a relatively low-dimensional ap- proach to ...adaptive evolution, because such a variance- covariance matrix has an eigenvector of length 0 (no var- iance) that is parallel ... See full document

... and evolution are strictly dependent on the dissipation of an external thermody- namic potential (entropy production) and the evolution of this potential in ...of life on Earth is the temperature ... See full document

... “Y model” (de Jong and van Noordwijk ...of life-history trade-offs in flies, ...allocation model (Djawdan et ...on life- history evolution (Charlesworth 1990; Houle 1991; ... See full document

... Still speaking to the problem of how it works, the science cannot afford to wait for information about single cells and lower levels to accumulate sufficiently to permit bottom-up explanation or prediction of organized ... See full document

... of life history strategies and are thus good models for understanding how life history strategies interact with novel environments to promote or hinder the dynamic processes of ...how ... See full document

... of life history traits (juvenile survival, age at fi rst breeding, annual fecundity, and longevity) for both males and females in a wild, pedigreed, population of red deer ( Cervus elaphus ... See full document

... used model for HIV/AIDS (13) as well as neuroAIDS ...macaque model limits its usefulness in terms of producing rapid and statistically robust ...evolutionary history of compartmentalized virus in the ... See full document

... Growth can be influenced by both intrinsic (age, sex and developmental physiology) and extrinsic (climate, season and availability of food) factors (Caughley and Sinclair 1994). For example, seasonal growth can affect ... See full document

... Mater Jr. [35] in his “Our Intelligent Companions, the Plants” pointed out, “The great Bengali scientist, Sir Jagadis Chundra Bose, conducted fascinating experiments with plants nearly a hundred years ago. Dr. Bose ... See full document

... genome evolution of the marine Roseobacter and SAR11 clades in the context of this ...partition model in the RAxML version ...partition model with and without the co- varion model in MrBayes ... See full document

... the evolution of any parts of this elaborate (even in its most primitive form) molecular ...the evolution of complex systems that was first recognized by Darwin in his famous discussion of the ... See full document

... relative brain size and lifetime reproductive output may be due to long-term pair-bonding and the presence of a partner, rather than direct help with caring for ... See full document

... virulence evolution, but it is far from universally accepted (for a review of the debate, see Alizon et ...basic model under certain ...basic model must be modified to allow for within-host ... See full document

... semi-analytical model is the speed with which a reasonably accurate estimate o f the cavity injection pressure is ...semi-analytical model, with its underlying ...semi-analytical model are compared ... See full document

... I arrive at these ideas and activities via processes both deliberative and intuitive and via opportunities both made and found. It is not possible, or, according to this paper, desirable, to codify them. They are, as it ... See full document

... long life must be low, within linear elastic fracture mechanics regimes and, therefore, the limiting condition is given by straight line of slope minus one half of the threshold stress intensity factor such ... See full document

... and evolution of new major groups of organisms and their adaptations, and another 40–50% or so of Americans just don ’ t know one way or the other, shouldn ’ t a major goal of biological literacy be to educate ... See full document

... hydrozoan life cycle has two distinctive and separate stages: first, the formation of the planula larva and its transformation to the polyp; second, the formation of the medusa from polyp tissues ... See full document