Search results for "Artificial selection" - New World Encyclopedia
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- birth to a proliferation of plastics, artificial fibers, and synthetic rubber ... On the downside, most artificial polymers are not biodegradable, and ...26 KB (3,690 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- models from game theory in the fields of artificial intelligence and cybernetics. ... does not necessarily presume natural selection in the biological sense ...30 KB (4,403 words) - 04:08, 18 April 2024
- of the theory of evolution through natural selection. Considered the ... such as seen in the case of artificial selection (whereby various breeds ...55 KB (8,376 words) - 23:18, 22 January 2023
- stage in human history. The UNESCO selection committee specifically ... Aleppo—is built atop a huge, partially artificial mound rising 164 feet above ...14 KB (2,080 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- records are “impartial,” the task of selection is merely a matter of choosing ... archives, and as the archives create an artificial context based on researchers’ ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 06:20, 12 August 2023
- are in sharp contrast to the glaring artificial light coming from inside ... In 2004, a large selection of Hopper's paintings toured through ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- product of human creativity, through artificial selection over the years. The focus of this article will be "true cabbages" (Brassica ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 21:18, 24 November 2023
- term fitness depression is enough for selection to discourage it. In order ... population bottlenecks and forced artificial selection by animal husbandry. ...23 KB (3,379 words) - 21:59, 4 February 2023
- von Neumann was included in the target selection committee responsible for ... he developed an algorithm defining artificial viscosity that improved ...30 KB (4,433 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- eoethnobotanists have traced the selection and cultivation of specific ... technique was the chinampa or artificial islands also known as ...39 KB (5,853 words) - 00:03, 19 November 2020
- environmental conditions and standards of selection. In most breeds, ewes became ... In the twentieth century, the invention of artificial fibers took ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 21:23, 6 October 2022
- a player knowing the other player's selection in advance is eliminated ... that are initially purely selfish, by natural selection. ...41 KB (6,536 words) - 23:01, 30 November 2022
- and are maintained only in zoos or other artificial environments. Some of these ... Natural selection acts to propagate beneficial genetic traits and ...18 KB (2,826 words) - 06:16, 13 September 2023
- They incorporate into their circuits an artificial cold junction using some ... correspondingly lower resolutions. Other selection criteria include the inertness ...22 KB (3,206 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- Trays of turf were laid over the artificial surface at Giants Stadium in New York, and the World Cup's first indoor game was held inside ...41 KB (6,235 words) - 19:26, 13 March 2024
- is a continuous process, including route selection and examination of the ... Artificial barriers can be very effective in reducing avalanche damage ...28 KB (4,333 words) - 07:09, 23 August 2023
- from the wild. It is understood clearly how artificial selection works in the laboratory, but there is legitimate controversy over whether nature's ...19 KB (2,756 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- successor and established the method of selection of subsequent khans, specifying ... with new palace grounds that included artificial lakes, hills, mountains ...21 KB (3,202 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- … The values which inform the selection of news items usually reinforce ... from a population. Because of this selection bias, the characteristics ...30 KB (4,541 words) - 18:05, 14 April 2023
- idea that the interest rate is not an artificial construct but an inherent ... *[http://www.mises.org The Mises Institute - A large selection of ...22 KB (3,203 words) - 19:14, 22 August 2023
