Natural Selection

"...asticity: Adaptation Without Evolution The water flea Daphnia lives a anxious life. It's tiny (2 millimeters), translucent, and delicious to fish. Natural selection favored any mutation that helped Daphnia avoid getting eaten. But evolution is slow - it takes generations for beneficial mutations to spread. *Da..."

"... protein sequence, potentially destroying its function. Organisms that copied their genetic information sloppily produced offspring that didn't work. Natural selection favored high-fidelity replication machinery. But perfect fidelity would be fatal. If DNA never changed, organisms couldn't adapt."

"...at invests in nectar for ants but receives no protection wastes resources. An ant that receives nectar but doesn't defend the tree gets a free lunch. Natural selection would favor the cheaters - unless detection and punishment systems evolved. The same logic applies to business partnerships. Mutualistic Networ..."

"Chapter 7: Natural Selection in Markets Part 1: The Biology of Natural Selection Darwin's Gauntlet In 1835, Charles Darwin landed on the Galápagos Islands, 600 miles of..."

"We traced reproduction, replication, and DNA transfer (Chapter 5). We mapped symbiotic relationships and mutualism (Chapter 6). We dissected natural selection, fitness, and adaptation (Chapter 7). We synthesized ecosystems, trophic levels, and systemic effects (Chapter 8). Book 1's thesis: Organization..."