Parasitism is a highly specialized lifestyle adopted by various phyla. We can find examples of parasites in many different groups, especially in the Insecta phylum. Insects in general are a highly diverse group. In the group Hymenoptera there are multiple species of different parasitoids that possess their own sub-group spread across many super-families of Hymenoptera (Gauld, Bolton, 1988). The large number of species and the amount of diversity we see is incredible. Speciation is without a doubt
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Name: Hithesh Kunnel Shaji Student number: 15317833 __________________________________________________________________________________ Plant-animal co-evolution What is coevolution? Coevolution can be defined as evolution in two or more evolutionary entities brought about by mutual selective effect between the entities. This means the trait in specie one can affect the evolutionary pathway of specie two which in turn affect the evolutionary pathway of specie one. Coevolution interaction can
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If you ask me, mankind shouldn’t inhabit another planet in our solar system. We can’t even take care of our own planet and now we are seeking to go to another. Is man giving up on something we have built millions of years ago? Are we going to start over again in another world just because our planet is tarring up apart? The only ones to blame on this is us. Our planet earth is exhausted for us men kind never appreciating her. But she hasn’t loose hope in us. And now we are going to another planet
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never stop evolving unless we humans stop mating or if something goes wrong on earth. Falling death rates and a decrease in family size in the western world since the start of the industrial revolution 250 years ago have not prevented Darwinian evolution from exerting its effect on the human gene pool, scientists said. We are still evolving even though modern housing and sanitation, medical science and rich and varied diet appear to have largely insulated much of the population from the life or death
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questioning about life. There are clearly to opposing viewpoint. One that promotes evolution, and the other that promotes creationism. However, the main question most people ask themselves is, which one is actually true? The following reflect two different point of views. What is Darwin's Theory of Evolution? In this article, the author explains and defines the evolution. According to the text, the theory of evolution began after Charles Darwin published his first book in 1859 (Than, 2015). This resulted
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Our Earth, birthed four billion years ago has existed to shape life for organisms that thrive among it, but as of recently there has been a massive disturbance. As stated by universetoday.com, humans have first came to existence 200,000 years ago, but were fully settled only 6,000 years ago. Despite settling only less than 10% of Earth’s life span, humans have contributed to the most damage inflicted to the Earth itself since its whole lifetime. Not only is it due to simple deforestation; humans
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One of my mother’s many nicknames for me is pest. A pest for her flowerbeds to be exact. As a child I would often pluck flowers from the garden and proceed to dissect them on the front porch. This was the start of my intrigue for the natural world. As a seventh grader, I started taking pond water to school to look at them under the microscope. That was the year my teacher assigned Fever 1793. This young adult novel by Laurie Anderson about the 1793 yellow fever epidemic ignited my passion for bacterium
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headlines, intolerance came in many ways: racism, nativism, and morality are just a few. John Scopes tested the boundaries of intolerance when he began to teach Darwin’s Theory of Evolution to his students. After the Butler Act of 1925, teaching Evolution was outlawed. Scopes challenged this and took the case to court. Evolution was a highly controversial issue because of the discrepancy between religion and science. Religion, supported by Fundamentalists, argued that the Butler Act was “protecting our
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Elements Necessary for Life Elements are vital to our survival. Every element contributes to the human race in some way. Out of many elements phosphorus is fascinating and silently helps you everyday. Many elements, including phosphorus, helps in different ways to keep our bodies functioning and running. In fact, you cannot live without certain elements in your day to day life. Phosphorus was a discovery purely based on an act of curiosity. Hennig Brand, a german merchant who fancied alchemy
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Biological Theories In psychology, biological theories of prosocial behavior explain why we help others through an evolutionary perspective placing greater emphasis on natural selection. The kin-selection theory is a well known biological theory. According to the kin-selection theory, individuals are more likely to sacrifice themselves for relatives than non-relatives. The kin-selection theory states that individuals choose to help blood relatives rather than non-relatives because by doing so, we
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