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Adaptation, Biological - Genetics
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Definition of 'Adaptation, Biological'Changes in biological features that help an organism cope with its ENVIRONMENT. These changes include physiological (ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL), phenotypic and genetic changes. Common names: Adaptation, Biological; Adaptation, Biologic; Biologic Adaptation; Biological Adaptation |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
High adsorption rate is detrimental to bacteriophage fitness in a biofilm-like environment.
3 Oct 2009 
BACKGROUND: Bacterial biofilm is ubiquitous in nature. However, it is not clear how this crowded habitat would impact the evolution of bacteriophage (phage) life history traits. In this study, we constructed isogenic lambda phage strains that only ... Read more...
16 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: It is commonly thought that large asexual populations evolve more rapidly than smaller ones, due to their increased rate of beneficial mutations. Less clear is how population size influences the level of fitness an asexual population can ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 Evolutionary psychologists explore the adaptive function of traits and behaviors that characterize modern Homo sapiens. However, evolutionary psychologists have yet to incorporate the phylogenetic relationship between modern Homo sapiens and humans' ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Adaptation, Biological - Genetics'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- High adsorption rate is detrimental to bacteriophage fitness in a biofilm-like environment. 3 Oct 2009
- The impact of population size on the evolution of asexual microbes on smooth versus rugged fitness landscapes. 16 Sep 2009
- Evolutionary biology. How beach life favors blond mice.
9 Sep 2009 - Beyond the pleistocene: using phylogeny and constraint to inform the evolutionary psychology of human mating. 30 Aug 2009
- Robustness: mechanisms and consequences. 26 Aug 2009
- More than just orphans: are taxonomically-restricted genes important in evolution? 25 Aug 2009
- Maintenance of adaptive differentiation by Wolbachia induced bidirectional cytoplasmic incompatibility: the importance of sib-mating and genetic systems. 2 Aug 2009
- The distribution of CTL epitopes in HIV-1 appears to be random, and similar to that of other proteomes. 2 Aug 2009
- Have the primary structures of biomacromolecules been selected in a Darwinian fashion to adapt to the surrounding environments of our planet? 30 Jul 2009
- Adaptive evolution involving gene duplication and insertion of a novel Ty1/copia-like retrotransposon in soybean. 21 Jul 2009
- Cooperation between the INO80 complex and histone chaperones determines adaptation of stress gene transcription in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 18 Jul 2009
- Adaptive evolution of rotavirus VP7 and NSP4 genes in different species. 17 Jul 2009
- Rapid response of a marine mammal species to holocene climate and habitat change.
8 Jul 2009 - Genetic specificity and potential for local adaptation between dengue viruses and mosquito vectors. 7 Jul 2009
- Identification of camelid specific residues in mitochondrial ATP synthase subunits. 2 Jul 2009
- Major flowering time gene, flowering locus C, regulates seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. 27 Jun 2009
- Adaptive radiation of gobies in the interstitial habitats of gravel beaches accompanied by body elongation and excessive vertebral segmentation. 26 Jun 2009
- Over the falls? Rapid evolution of ecotypic differentiation in steelhead/rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). 24 Jun 2009
- Comparison of quantitative and molecular genetic variation of native vs. invasive populations of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L., Lythraceae). 20 Jun 2009
- Assessment of adaptive evolution between wheat and rice as deduced from full-length common wheat cDNA sequence data and expression patterns. 16 Jun 2009
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Technical information about 'Adaptation, Biological'
Definition: Changes in biological features that help an organism cope with its ENVIRONMENT. These changes include physiological (ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL), phenotypic and genetic changes.
Descriptor UI: D000220
Alternative terms: Adaptation, Biological; Adaptation, Biologic; Biologic Adaptation; Biological Adaptation;
Related Mesh Headings: Adaptation, Physiological;
Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;
Tree Number: G16.100.057;
Technical Notes: much of biol adapt will be ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL as more specific; mimicry except for MOLECULAR MIMICRY goes here; DF: ADAPTATION BIOL