Charles Darwin
... huge volumes, forcing him to leave out man and
sexual selection , but when printed was in huge demand. ... mind and cultures were developed by natural and
sexual selection, an approach which still persists in ... not necessarily that it was by natural or
sexual selection (this particular recognition would not ...
Fungus
...
2 Structure
3 Reproduction
3.1
sexual
3.2 Asexual
4 Nutrition and ecology ... other fungi are uncertain.
Reproduction
sexual
Fungal mycelia are typically haploid . When ... hyphae called conidiophores . In some fungi
sexual reproduction has been lost, or is unknown. These ...
Hepatitis B
... containing the virus. This includes unprotected
sexual contact, blood transfusions , re-use of ... B e antigen.
Roughly 16-40% of unimmunized
sexual partners of individuals with hepatitis B will be infected through
sexual contact.
The virus that causes hepatitis B is a ...
Hermaphrodite
... species that contains both male and female
sexual organs at some point during their lives. In ... eggs laid will not result in a fish that reaches
sexual maturity. It has been shown that fishing ... are reef fishes that tend to have three distinct
sexual types. Small females, immature males and ...
Human
... fertilized inside the female by the male through
sexual intercourse , though in vitro fertilization ... to grow for some years, typically reaching
sexual maturity at 12-15 years of age. Boys continue ... bonds and hierarchies among individuals.
sexual desire is experienced as a bodily urge, often ...
Meiosis
... is a cellular process that forms the basis for
sexual reproduction , together with syngamy . It is a ... are normally diploid, and use meiosis to produce
sexual gametes , which fuse to form zygotes that ... means of proliferation. In other eukaryotes ,
sexual reproduction may play a more restricted role, ...
Muller's ratchet
... no possibility for genetic mixing, e.g. through
sexual reproduction, the organism's descendants have no ... the organism can never go back.
By contrast,
sexual reproduction allows most plants and animals to ... advantageous one can be undone in organisms with
sexual reproduction. Horizontal gene transfer in ...
Natural selection
... into two types; ecological selection , and
sexual selection . Natural selection is distinguished ... determined by ecology more than by the secondary
sexual characteristics, an ecological selection is ... of reproduction: in the case of both asexual and
sexual reproduction, random mutation (including DNA ...
Parthenogenesis
... The alteration between parthenogenesis and
sexual reproduction is called heterogamy . Forms of ...
1 Asexual versus
sexual reproduction
2 Parthenogenesis
3 ...
7 External links
Asexual versus
sexual reproduction
Asexuality is relatively rare ...
Red Queen
... theoretical biology over the adaptive benefit of
sexual reproduction to those species in which it ... with their parasites can explain the utility of
sexual reproduction at the level of the gene by positing ... Sex is an evolutionary puzzle. In most
sexual species, males make up half the population, yet ...
Semen
... and seminal lymphocytes.
Note that any kind of
sexual or other skin contact with the semen of a person ... elders and ingest their sperm to achieve proper
sexual maturation. Other cultures believe semen to have ... sperm
spermatogenesis
capacitation
sexual slang for a list of various commonly used terms ...
X chromosome
... from the X chromosome interferes with male
sexual development, preventing the testicles from ... sex determination (whether a person has the
sexual characteristics of a male or a female),
sexual development, and the ability to have children ...
Y chromosome
... the genes on this chromosome are involved in male
sexual determination and development.
Chromosomal ... cell. The additional chromosomes disrupt normal
sexual development.
47,XYY syndrome is caused by the ... sex determination (whether a person has the
sexual characteristics of a male or a ...
Reproduction
... commonly used in the context of biological reproduction and sex :
sexual reproduction is a biological process by which organisms create ... interest in feminist economics.
See also
conjugation
sexual intercourse
father
paternity
mother
custody
...
Bacterial conjugation
... conjugation is the often regarded as the bacterial equivalent of
sexual reproduction or mating ; however it is not actually
sexual as it does not involve the fusing of gametes and the creation of a ...
Bacterium
... with the development of a transverse cell wall.
However, independent of
sexual reproduction, genetic variations can occur within individual cells through ... mechanisms for exchanging genetic material. Although not equivalent to
sexual reproduction, the end result is that a bacterium contains a combination of ...
Bacterium
... with the development of a transverse cell wall.
However, independent of
sexual reproduction, genetic variations can occur within individual cells through ... mechanisms for exchanging genetic material. Although not equivalent to
sexual reproduction, the end result is that a bacterium contains a combination of ...
Evolution
... of their genes in the gene pool over those that do not survive.
sexual selection occurs when organisms that are more attractive to the opposite ...
quantum evolution
quasispecies model
scientific method
sexual selection
teratogenesis
External links
EvoWiki - A ...
Eukaryote
... addition to asexual cell division, most eukaryotes have some process of
sexual reproduction via cell fusion, which is not found among prokaryotes.
... one copy of each chromosome. In most eukaryotes there is also a process of
sexual reproduction, typically involving an alternation between haploid ...
Limbic system
... system and regulates blood pressure , heart rate , hunger , thirst ,
sexual arousal and the sleep/wake cycle. Connected to the pituitary gland and ... The pleasure center is located in the limbic system. It is involved in
sexual arousal and in the "high" derived from certain recreational drugs . ...
Reproduction
... commonly used in the context of biological reproduction and sex :
sexual reproduction is a biological process by which organisms create ... interest in feminist economics.
See also
conjugation
sexual intercourse
father
paternity
mother
custody
...
Species
... given above as taken from Mayr, is somewhat idealistic. Since it assumes
sexual reproduction , it leaves the term undefined for a large class of organisms ... experimental conditions, or even in the degree to which some organisms use
sexual reproduction between individuals to breed. Consequently, several lines of ...
Alfred Russel Wallace
... spirit. (See Wallace (1889)). These views greatly disturbed Darwin in his lifetime, who argued that spiritual appeals were not necessary and that
sexual selection could easily explain such apparently non-adaptive phenomena.
In many accounts of the history of evolution, Wallace is regulated to a ...
Cancer
... is often weaker. Other lifestyle and environmental factors known to affect cancer risk (either beneficially or detrimentally) include certain
sexual and reproductive practices, the use of exogenous estrogens, exposure to ionizing radiation and ultraviolet radiation, certain occupational and ...
Chromosome
... lack of emotion, and an increased tendency to develop psychiatric disorders.
Turner syndrome (X instead of XX or XY). In Turner syndrome, female
sexual characteristics are present but underdeveloped. People with Turner syndrome often have a short stature, low hairline, abnormal eye features and bone ...
Cloning
... reproduction . Many horticultural varieties of plants are clones, having been derived from a single individual, multiplied by some process other than
sexual reproduction. As an example, some European varieties of grapes represent clones that have been propagated for over two millennia. This is a genuine ...
Eugenics
... some eugenics legislation. In July 1933 , Britain passed a law allowing for the involuntary sterilization of "hereditary and incurable drunkards,
sexual criminals, lunatics, and those suffering from an incurable disease which would be passed on to their offspring . . ." [1] Sweden forcibly ...
Infertility
... Psychological impact
Infertility may have a profound psychological affects. Partners may become more anxious to conceive, paradoxically increasing
sexual dysfunction . Marital discord often develops in infertile couples, especially when they are under pressure to make medical decisions. Women trying to ...
Major histocompatibility complex
... advantage are two types of balancing selection that have been suggested to explain MHC allelic diversity.
See also
Disassortative
sexual selection
Transplant rejection
...
Olfaction
... direct air to this organ. In humans, the detection of pheromones is subliminal. These subliminal odor messages may transmit opposite immunological
sexual compatibility. Finding a partner of non-similar immunological background may be evolutionarily advantageous because children born with a mixture of ...
Paternity testing
... DNA has all but taken over all the other forms of testing.
The DNA of an individual is almost exactly the same in each and every somatic cell .
sexual reproduction brings the DNA of both parents together randomly to create a unique combination of genetic material in a new cell, so the genetic ...
Plasmid
... ability to transfer to other bacteria. Conjugative plasmids contain so-called tra-genes , which perform the complex process of conjugation , the
sexual transfer of plasmids to another bacterium (Fig. 4). Non-conjugative plasmids are incapable of initiating conjugation, hence they can only be ...
Speciation
... (also referred to as a common ancestor) splits into two (or more) reproductively-isolated populations, each of which then accumulates changes from
sexual reproduction and/or random mutation (in addition to any other various contributors to genetic change) until the populations are no longer capable ...
Sperm
... of the testes in a process called spermatogenesis. Round cells called spermatogonia divide and differentiate eventually to become sperm. During
sexual intercourse the sperm is deposited in the vagina - and then it moves to the ovum inside the ovary.
See also
sperm competition
...
Thomas Malthus
... (which for Malthus included contraception ) could check excessive population growth. Malthus favoured "moral restraint" (including late marriage and
sexual abstinence) as a check on population growth. However, it is worth noting that Malthus proposed this only for the working and poor classes. Thus, the ...
Twin
... the girl will suffer from Turner syndrome , which is distinguishable by short stature, folds of skin at the neck, abnormal development of secondary
sexual characteristics , and an intellectual deficit known as space-form blindness . Turner syndrome can occur in any birth (including singletons, fraternal ...
Unsolved problems in biology
... planet or was there an extraterrestrial intervention (for example a meteor from another planet)? Why have so many biological systems developed
sexual reproduction ? How do organisms recognize like species? How are the sizes of cells, organs , and bodies controlled?
DNA / Genome . Do all ...
Yellow fever
... Medical Journal , Vol. XXVI, Nos. 1-4, 1965
Other meanings
Yellow fever is sometimes used (generally disparagingly) to refer to men having a
sexual fetish for Asian women.
See also: Lassa fever , Dengue fever .
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