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EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY [12 records]

Record 1 2021-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Animal Reproduction
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Adult return to non-natal location for reproduction; spatial scale can vary.

CONT

Straying is typically defined as adult migration to, and attempted reproduction at, non-natal sites … In the context of hatcheries and other human interventions, straying is often negatively framed as a "failure to home". However, straying in wild populations is a critical evolutionary feature of salmonid biology that compliments homing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Reproduction des animaux
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento animal
  • Reproducción de animales
  • Peces
  • Acuicultura
CONT

Los eventos de extravíos ya se han identificado en Norteamérica, tanto en individuos liberados de criaderos como en poblaciones salvajes.

OBS

Se ha documentado en Norteamérica, a partir de individuos marcados, que existe un porcentaje de adultos que no retorna a sus ríos natales, desovando en ríos cercanos.

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Record 2 2013-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
  • Immunology
CONT

Peptide antibiotics fall into two broad classes whose evolutionary biology is very different. The first is a large and heterogeneous category of peptides that are synthesized on very large, modular enzyme complexes by bacteria and fungi... The second category is quite different. It comprises linear peptides consisting almost entirely of conventional amino acid residues that are produced by all major kinds of organisms(including microbes). These are translated using ribosomes in the usual fashion of protein synthesis, and we therefore call them RAMPs, for ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides, to distinguish them from the non-RAMPs of the first category.

OBS

non-ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptide: term proposed by analogy with the terms "non-ribosomally synthesized peptide" and "ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptide."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
  • Immunologie
OBS

La synthèse est essentiellement due à des gènes comprenant ceux des polykétides synthases et des peptides synthases (synthèse non ribosomique de peptides).

OBS

peptide antimicrobien produit par synthèse non ribosomique : expression proposée par analogie avec les termes «peptide antimicrobien», «synthèse non ribosomique de peptides» et «peptide produit par synthèse ribosomique».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biotecnología
  • Inmunología
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Record 3 2012-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
  • Immunology
  • Medication
CONT

Peptide antibiotics fall into two broad classes whose evolutionary biology is very different. The first is a large and heterogeneous category of peptides that are synthesized on very large, modular enzyme complexes by bacteria and fungi.... The second category is quite different. It comprises linear peptides consisting almost entirely of conventional amino acid residues that are produced by all major kinds of organisms(including microbes). These are translated using ribosomes in the usual fashion of protein synthesis, and we therefore call them RAMPs, for "ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides" to distinguish them from the non-RAMPs of the first category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
  • Immunologie
  • Médicaments
OBS

La nisine est un peptide produit par synthèse ribosomique et qui subit une modification par post-traduction enzymatique donnant la forme mature de la bactériocine nécessaire pour son activité biologique.

OBS

peptide antimicrobien produit par synthèse ribosomique : expression proposée par analogie avec «peptide produit par synthèse ribosomique».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biotecnología
  • Inmunología
  • Medicamentos
OBS

Las bacteriocinas son péptidos antimicrobianos de síntesis ribosomal.

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Record 4 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Diversification of a species or single ancestral type into several forms that are each adaptively specialized to a specific environmental niche.

CONT

In evolutionary biology, an adaptive radiation is the evolution of ecological and phenotypic diversity within a rapidly multiplying lineage. Starting with a recent single ancestor, this process results in the speciation and phenotypic adaptation of an array of species exhibiting different morphological and physiological traits with which they can exploit a range of divergent environments.

OBS

An adaptive radiation is a rapid evolutionary radiation characterized by an increase in the morphological and ecological diversity of a single, rapidly diversifying lineage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Évolution (Biologie)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Diversification dans un espace limité comme un lac ou une île, de nombreuses espèces à partir de une ou de quelques espèces originelles.

CONT

Parmi les Vertébrés, l'exemple le plus remarquable de radiation adaptative se rencontre chez les poissons de la famille des Cichlidés des grands lacs de l'Afrique orientale comme le lac Victoria et le lac Malawi. [...] Parmi les Invertébrés, une radiation adaptative importante a eu lieu chez les Drosophilides des îles Hawaii. Le phénomène de radiation adaptative est particulièrement marqué dans les îles.

OBS

Chaque espèce est adaptée à une niche donnée, et les descendants peuvent être d'aspects très différents de leur ancêtre et les uns des autres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Evolución (Biología)
  • Paleontología
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Record 5 2011-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Evolution (Biology)
DEF

A branch of biology that seeks to erect classification groups for all organisms, based solely on their evolutionary relationships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évolution (Biologie)
DEF

Science dont l'objet est d'établir l'arbre généalogique et donc la phylogenèse d'un groupe systématique.

CONT

Si l'on compare les caractères de divers organismes, on constate [...] des ressemblances et des dissemblances. [...] Il n'y a pas d'uniformisation de la forme. En termes évolutifs, cela signifie que les caractères n'évoluent pas tous à la même vitesse. Par conséquent, la cladistique ne cherche pas à mesurer la ressemblance globale, elle cherche à analyser les caractères individuels de façon simultanée afin de faire émerger ce que l'on appelle la congruence des caractères. [...] Chaque caractère observé chez différents taxons définit un arbre donné.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

History shows that no society survives without reciprocity and co-operation :evolutionary biology(on a leading current interpretation) shows that humans are but vehicles for "selfish genes". How did social values evolve? The gap between nature and society look too big. Or rather once it did. Now as Mr Ridley reports with justified excitement, evolutionary biologists think they know at least where making bridges : they are beginning to show how, both among humans and lower animals, certain sorts of seemingly unselfish deed might be useful in passing on the doer's genes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

History shows that no society survives without reciprocity and co-operation :evolutionary biology(on a leading current interpretation) shows that humans are but vehicles for "selfish genes". How did social values evolve? The gap between nature and society look too big. Or rather once it did. Now as Mr Ridley reports with justified excitement, evolutionary biologists think they know at least where making bridges : they are beginning to show how, both among humans and lower animals, certain sorts of seemingly unselfish deed might be useful in passing on the doer's genes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

Conservation genetics is a mixture of ecology, molecular biology, population genetics, mathematical modeling and evolutionary systematics(the construction of family relationships). It is both a basic and an applied science. Scientists must first understand the genetic relationships of the organisms under study.... management techniques must then be applied by wildlife managers to preserve biological diversity in these species.... Information about the genetic diversity of the [plants and] animals under study helps scientists and managers in forming strategies to preserve and protect the diversity of plants and animals worldwide.

CONT

Conservation genetics [is] concerned with the population genetics principles involved in the maintenance of feral species. The maintenance of the populations depends on inbreeding, outbreeding, effective population size, deleterious mutation, reproductive success, adaptation to captivity, reintroduction, vagility, outbreeding depression, extinction, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
CONT

[...] un but important de la génétique de la conservation est l'identification des gènes ou des régions de génome responsables des traits phénotypiques qui peuvent augmenter l'adaptation locale ou les traits qui peuvent faciliter l'adaptation au futur changement climatique. Cette connaissance peut alors être utilisée pour concevoir des stratégies de conservation donnant priorité à la conservation des populations qui ont une fréquence élevée de ces gènes ou d'une combinaison de ces gènes.

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Congress Titles
OBS

Third Congress on the 1985-07-03 in Brighton, United Kingdom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de congrès

Spanish

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Record 10 1995-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
CONT

... one of the trendiest metaphors in evolutionary biology today is that of an "arms race. "Lines of organisms ostensibly compete against one another, sharpening and perfecting their respective adaptations. The prey gets faster, as does the predator. A shell thickens; teeth lengthen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Meetings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Réunions

Spanish

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Record 12 1994-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial and Economic Psychology
  • Human Biological Requirements
CONT

Evolutionists and economists are raiding each other's theories. The result is a new and encouraging view of human nature. Economists and Darwinian biologists talk the same language, borrow each other's techniques and come to similar conclusions. By exploring a common ground(focus on the individual), a new discipline of evolutionary economics is being born. Some examples : J. Hirshleifer(UCLA) has used evolutionary arguments to explain when and why human beings resort to anarchy and warfare. E. Leigh(Smithsonian Tropical Institute-Panama) resorts to Adam Smith to explain how conflicts between genes inside cells are resolved. A. Rogers(University of Utah) suggests that long-term interest rates can be predicted from the biology of humans. Leda Cosmides, psychologist at UCSB, has used evolutionary logic to explain human reasoning in terms of social bargaining.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie industrielle et économique
  • Besoins biologiques de l'homme

Spanish

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