Encyclopedia - Balancing Selection: Encyclopedia - Balancing Selection
Balancing selection refers to forms of natural selection which work to maintain genetic polymorphisms (or multiple alleles) within a popu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Selection - Overview
Whether or not selection takes place depends on the conditions in which the individuals of a species find themselves. Adults, juveniles, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Selecter: Encyclopedia Ii - The Selecter - Singles
The Selecter - Personnel 1999. Pauline Black - vocals Nick Welsh - bass Martin Stewart - keyboards Paul Seacroft - guitar Al Fletcher ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unit Of Selection: Encyclopedia - Unit Of Selection
A Unit of Selection, is, in evolutionary theory theory, the hypothetical basis upon which organisms diverge and mutate. One of the primar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection: Encyclopedia - Natural Selection
Natural selection is the name Charles Darwin gave to the principal process through which new species emerge, or evolve. Combined with Gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Selection: Encyclopedia - Artificial Selection
In the theory of evolution, artificial selection is the process of intentional or unintentional modification of a species through human a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clonal Selection: Encyclopedia - Clonal Selection
The "clonal selection theory" has become a widely accepted model for how the immune system responds to infection and how certain types of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adverse Selection: Encyclopedia - Adverse Selection
Adverse selection or anti-selection is a term used in economics and insurance. On the most abstract level, it refers to a market process ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adaptation And Natural Selection: Encyclopedia - Adaptation And Natural Selection
Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought is a 1966 book by the American George C. Williams on ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cosmological Natural Selection: Encyclopedia - Cosmological Natural Selection
Cosmological natural selection is a hypothesis proposed by Lee Smolin intended as a scientific alternative to the anthropic principle. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Selection - Mechanisms Of Natural Selection
In Chapter 4 of The Origin of Species, Darwin wrote: It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selection Algorithm: Encyclopedia Ii - Selection Algorithm - Selection As Incremental Sorting
One of the advantages of the sort-and-index approach, as mentioned, is its ability to amortize the sorting cost over many subsequent sele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sport Select: Encyclopedia Ii - Sport Select - Sport Select Games
Each province offers versions of these three games under rules similar to those described below: Sport Select - Pro-Line. Known as Odds...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Selection - Classification
Natural selection - By effect on phenotypic composition of the population. Balancing selection - acts to maintain allelic diversity Di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Selection - Overview
The basic concept of natural selection is that "nature" (the physical and biological environment) "selects" individuals that are endowed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Directional Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Directional Selection - Example
A common example is the peppered moth (Biston betularia). Before the industrial revolution in England (1740?), the peppered moth was most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Selection - Overview
The basic concept of natural selection is that "nature" (the physical and biological environment) "selects" individuals that are endowed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Selection - Mechanisms Of Natural Selection
In Chapter 4 of The Origin of Species, Darwin wrote: It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Group Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Group Selection - Overview
Theoretical models of the 1960s seemed to imply that the effect of group selection was negligible. Genetic variation, the raw material of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Selection - Intrasexual And Intersexual Selection
Sexual selection takes two major forms: intrasexual selection (aka Male-male competition) in which members of the less limiting sex (typi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Mutism: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Mutism - Treatment
Contrary to popular belief, people suffering from selective mutism do not necessarily improve with age, or just grow out of it. Consequen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Mutism: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Mutism - Description
In the DSM-IV selective mutism is described as a rare psychological disorder in children. Children (and adults) with the disorder are ful...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Breeding - Selective Breeding Methods
In general, the owners of the animals use three strategies to refine local populations: Isolation. There must be a period in which the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selection Bias: Encyclopedia Ii - Selection Bias - Overcoming Selection Bias
Concern about selection biases generally cannot be overcome with statistical analysis of existing data alone, though see the work of [Jam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1965
June 1 - Journalist Group 1 - USSR In 1965, three civilian journalists were selected for cosmonaut training in preparation for flight on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selection Algorithm: Encyclopedia Ii - Selection Algorithm - Selecting K Smallest Or Largest Elements
Another fundamental selection problem is that of selecting the k smallest or k largest elements, which is particularly useful where we wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1962
March 12 Female Group - USSR On March 12, 1962, a group of five civilian women with parachuting experience was added to the cosmonaut gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1982
December 1 - Payload Specialists - Germany Reinhard Furrer, Ernst Messerschmid ... See also:List of astronauts by selection, List of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1985
June 4 - NASA Group - USA Pilots: Michael Baker, Robert Cabana, Brian Duffy, Terence Henricks, Stephen Oswald, Stephen Thorne Mission ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1987
June 12 - NASA Group - USA Pilots: Andrew M. Allen, Kenneth Bowersox, Curtis Brown, Kevin Chilton, Donald McMonagle, William Readdy, Ken...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1990
January 17 - NASA Group - USA Pilots: Kenneth Cockrell, Eileen Collins, William G. Gregory, James Halsell, Charles Precourt, Richard Sea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1992
March 31 - NASA Group - USA Pilots: Scott Horowitz, Brent Jett, Kevin Kregel, Kent Rominger Mission specialists: Daniel Barry, Charles...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1964
January 25 Air Force Group 2 Supplemental - USSR Georgi Beregovoi May 26 Voskhod Group (Medical Group 1) - USSR Vladimir Benderov, Ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Selection - Impact Of The Idea
Perhaps the most radical claim of Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection is that "elaborately constructed forms, so diffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1967
January 31 - Civilian Specialist Group 2 Supplemental - USSR Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Vitali Sevastyanov May 7 - Air Force Group 4 - USS...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1971
February 25 - 1971 Scientific Group - USSR Gurgen Ivanyan May - Shuguang Group 1970 - China Chai Hongliang, Dong Xiaohai, Du Jincheng,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1972
March 22 - Civilian Specialist Group 4 - USSR Boris Andreyev, Valentin Lebedev, Yuri Ponomaryov March 22 - Medical Group 3 - USSR Ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1976
August 23 - Air Force Group 6 - USSR Leonid Ivanov, Leonid Kadenyuk, Nikolai Moskalenko, Sergei Protchenko, Yevgeni Saley, Anatoly Solov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Selection - History Of The Principle
Charles Darwin's discovery of the principle of natural selection, as his explanation for the origin of species, occurred in about 1837. O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1979
April 1 - 1979 Intercosmos Group - USSR Tuân Pham, Thanh Liem Bui ... See also:List of astronauts by selection, List of astronauts by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selection Algorithm: Encyclopedia Ii - Selection Algorithm - Partition Based General Selection Algorithm
Finding a worst-case linear algorithm for the general case of selecting the kth largest element is a much more difficult problem, but one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selection Algorithm: Encyclopedia Ii - Selection Algorithm - Linear General Selection Algorithm
There is a way to consistently find very good pivots; this is the key to making the previous algorithm worst-case linear. To accomplish t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selection Algorithm: Encyclopedia Ii - Selection Algorithm - Using Data Structures To Select In Sublinear Time
Given an unorganized list of data, linear time (Ω(n)) is required to find the minimum element, because we have to examine every element ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Select Sql: Encyclopedia Ii - Select Sql - Examples
Given a table T, the query SELECT * FROM T; will result in all the elements of all the rows of the table being shown. With the same table...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1978
January 16 - 1978 NASA Group - USA Due to the long delay between the last Apollo mission and the first flight of the Space Shuttle in 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Breeding - Purebreds
The very idea of 'breed purity' often strikes an unpleasant chord with modern animal fanciers because it is reminiscent of nineteenth-cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1996
May 1 - NASA Group - USA David Brown, Daniel Burbank, Yvonne Cagle, Fernando Caldeiro, Charles Camarda, Duane Carey, Laurel Clark, Micha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1998
January - Chinese Group 1 - China Chen Quan, Deng Qingming, Fèi Jùnlóng, Jing Haipeng, Liu Boming, Liu Wang, Niè Hǎishèng, Pan Zha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1963
January 10 - Air Force Group 2 - USSR Yuri Artyukhin, Eduard Buinovski, Lev Demin, Georgi Dobrovolski, Anatoli Filipchenko, Aleksei Guba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Astronauts By Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Astronauts By Selection - 1966
April 4 - 1966 NASA Group - USA Vance Brand, John S. Bull, Gerald Carr, Charles Duke, Joseph Engle, Ronald Evans, Edward Givens, Fred Ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Selection - Impact Of The Idea
Perhaps the most radical claim of Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection is that "elaborately constructed forms, so diffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Selection - History Of The Principle
Charles Darwin's discovery of the principle of natural selection, as his explanation for the origin of species, occurred in about 1837. O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selection Algorithm: Encyclopedia Ii - Selection Algorithm - Lower Bounds
In his seminal The Art of Computer Programming, Don Knuth discussed a number of lower bounds for the number of comparisons required to lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ion Selective Electrode: Encyclopedia Ii - Ion Selective Electrode - Types Of Ion-selective Membrane
There are four main types of ion-selective membrane used in ion-selective electrodes: Ion selective electrode - Glass membranes. Glass ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Yellow: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Yellow - Formal Definition
The UNECE Regulations formally define selective yellow in terms of the CIE 1931 colour space as follows: For front fog lamps, the limit t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clonal Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Clonal Selection - Early Work
In 1954, immunologist Niels Jerne put forward a theory which stated that there is already a vast array of lymphocytes in the body prior t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Selection - Proposed Human Examples
Charles Darwin conjectured that the male beard, as well as the relative hairlessness of humans compared to nearly all other mammals, are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Service System: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Service System - History
The Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76) was passed by the Congress of the United States on 18 May 1917 creating the Selective Service Sys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Forum Selection Clause: Encyclopedia Ii - Forum Selection Clause - Discussion
The choice of law stage in a Conflict case requires the forum court to decide which of several competing laws should be applied to resolv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Selection - Sexual Dimorphism
Sex differences directly related to reproduction and serving no direct purpose in courtship are called primary sexual characteristics. Tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Service System: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Service System - History
The Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76) was passed by the Congress of the United States on 18 May 1917 creating the Selective Service Sys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adverse Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Adverse Selection - Example: Insurance
The term adverse selection was originally used in insurance. It describes a situation where the people who take out insurance are more li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adverse Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Adverse Selection - The Market For Lemons
The concept of adverse selection has been generalised by economists into markets other than insurance, where similar asymmetries of infor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Service System: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Service System - Classifications
If a draft were held, local draft boards would classify registrants to determine whether they were exempt from military service. Accordin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selection Algorithm: Encyclopedia Ii - Selection Algorithm - Nonlinear General Section Algorithm
Using the same ideas used in minimum/maximum algorithms, we can construct a simple, but inefficient general algorithm for finding the kth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Nationality Selection Scheme: Encyclopedia Ii - British Nationality Selection Scheme - Selection Scheme
The selection scheme ran in two phases in which applications for s1(1) registration were possible: 1 December 1990 to 28 February 1991 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selection Algorithm: Encyclopedia Ii - Selection Algorithm - Linear Minimum/maximum Algorithms
Worst-case linear algorithms to find minimums or maximums are obvious; we keep two variables, one referring to the index of the minimum/m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Service System: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Service System - Classifications
If a draft were held, local draft boards would classify registrants to determine whether they were exempt from military service. Accordin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ncaa Basketball Tournament Selection Process: Encyclopedia Ii - Ncaa Basketball Tournament Selection Process - Selecting The Field
The selection committee must first decide which teams will compete in the tournament. 30 teams qualify automatically by winning their con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Catalytic Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Catalytic Reduction - Reductants
There is considerable discussion about which reductant is best. While Ammonia offers slightly better performance, it is poisonous, and a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ncaa Basketball Tournament Selection Process: Encyclopedia Ii - Ncaa Basketball Tournament Selection Process - Seeding
Despite its name, the selection committee's work to seed the teams is just as vital as their work to select the at-large teams. While the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Service System: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Service System - Current Status
Though the United States abandoned conscription in 1973, the Selective Service System remains as a contingency should the measure be rein...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Service System: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Service System - Legal Issues
Although the Selective Service System is authorized by the Selective Service Act, some argue the constitutionality of the act, claiming t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex-selective Abortion And Infanticide: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex-selective Abortion And Infanticide - Prevalence
Sex-selective abortion and infanticide - China. Sex-selective infanticide appears to have been practiced at various times in Chinese hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexual Selection: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexual Selection - The Question Regarding Viability Of The Theory
Due to their sometimes greatly exaggerated nature, secondary sexual characteristics can prove to be a hindrance to the animal, thereby lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Service System: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Service System - Structure And Operation
The System is an independent agency within the Executive Branch of the Federal government of the United States. When a crisis evolves bey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Service System: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Service System - Current Status
Though the United States abandoned conscription in 1973, the Selective Service System remains as a contingency should the measure be rein...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - R/k Selection Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - R/k Selection Theory - R/k Selection And Environmental Stability
In unstable or upredictable environments r-slection predominates, as the ability to reproduce quickly is crucial, and there is little adv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Service System: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Service System - Structure And Operation
The System is an independent agency within the Executive Branch of the Federal government of the United States. When a crisis evolves bey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Descent Of Man And Selection In Relation To Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - The Descent Of Man And Selection In Relation To Sex - Part Ii And Iii: Sexual Selection
(Darwin's argument for sexual selection, and evidence) ... See also:The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, The Descent o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor - Adverse Effects
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor - General side effects. <under construction> Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor - Sex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Service Act: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Service Act - Use
Selective Service Act - World War I. In his war message on April 2, 1917 President Woodrow Wilson pledged all the nation's "material re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection Computer Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Selection Computer Game - Modifications
Natural Selection is a relatively popular mod for Half-Life. Several communities modified the mod with plug-ins. Most notably was the Voo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Selection Computer Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Selection Computer Game - Frontiersmen
The commander can issue weapons, equipment and upgrades for the Frontiersmen. Natural Selection computer game - Weapons. Knife: used f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selective Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Breeding - Purebred Cats Dogs And The Debate Over 'breed Purity'
Most purebred cats and dogs of breeds recognized by all-breed club registries are controlled by "closed studbooks". In a number of modern...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Selection: Insurance Terms Dictionary - Selection
Definition and meaning of Selection :   Selection: The choosing by an underwriter of risks acceptable to an insurer. (Sourc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Selection: Insurance Terms Dictionary - Selection
Definition and meaning of Selection :   Selection: The choosing by an underwriter of risks acceptable to an insurer. (Sourc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Selection Of Risk: Insurance Terms Dictionary - Selection Of Risk
Definition and meaning of Selection of Risk :   Selection of Risk: See Selection. (Source: InsWeb)   Also see these p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Selection Of Risk: Insurance Terms Dictionary - Selection Of Risk
Definition and meaning of Selection of Risk :   Selection of Risk: See Selection. (Source: InsWeb)   Also see these p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anti-selection: Insurance Terms Dictionary - Anti-selection
Definition and meaning of Anti-Selection :   Anti-Selection: See Adverse Selection. (Source: InsWeb)   Also see these...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adverse Selection: Insurance Terms Dictionary - Adverse Selection
Definition and meaning of Adverse Selection :   Adverse Selection: The tendency of poorer than average risks to buy and maintai...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Artificial Selection: Oceanography Dictionary - Artificial Selection
  Definition and meaning of artificial selection:   artificial selection - a process in which humans select desireable ge...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Disruptive Selection: Oceanography Dictionary - Disruptive Selection
  Definition and meaning of disruptive selection:   disruptive selection - natural selection that favors individuals that...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Directional Selection: Oceanography Dictionary - Directional Selection
  Definition and meaning of directional selection:   directional selection - a type of natural selection that removes ind...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Natural Selection: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Natural Selection
Natural Selection In Darwinian theory, an important factor in biological evolution. If, for example, a number of animals of one specie...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adverse Selection: Insurance Glossary Dictionary Iii - Adverse Selection
Definition and meaning of adverse selection :   adverse selection: When people with a very high probability of loss purchase in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Artificial Selection: Oceanography Dictionary - Artificial Selection
  Definition and meaning of artificial selection:   artificial selection - the practice of choosing individuals from a po...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adverse Selection: Insurance Glossary Dictionary Iv - Adverse Selection
Definition and meaning of ADVERSE SELECTION :   ADVERSE SELECTION: The tendency of those exposed to a higher risk to seek more ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Natural Selection: Oceanography Dictionary - Natural Selection
  Definition and meaning of natural selection:   natural selection - a natural process by which organisms (and their gen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Selective Pressure: Oceanography Dictionary - Selective Pressure
  Definition and meaning of selective pressure:   selective pressure - forces acting on populations that determine that ...   » Read the article