Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
Identification number: 86
Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
Author/s: Ana MUÑOZ GASCÓN, Ana María MALLO LAPUERTA, Cristina ADRADA RAFAEL, Teresa AMIDO LOZANO
Creation / modification date: 01-03-2014
Term: evolution
Gramatical category: s
Definition: Process of continuous and gradual change by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
Context: The results may have applications [...] for predicting the evolution of drug-resistant bacteria. “This is totally revolutionary—that you can actually predict the outcome of [...] aprocess as adaptive evolution,” says Bernhard Palsson[...] “One of the implications of this study is [...] to predict the evolutionary stability of bacteria, and potentially predict the probability of a drug-resistant strain developing.”
Expression: Darwinian evolution.
Notes: The idea of organic evolution was proposed by some ancient Greek thinkers but was long rejected in Europe as contrary to the literal interpretation of the Bible. Lamarck proposed a theory that organisms became transformed by their efforts to respond to th
Weighting mark: nor
Remission: hiper, Applied science Fuente: Lister Hill national Center for Biomedical Communications et ali (2013). „Eugenics“, Genetics Home Reference. Recuperado el 24 de abril de 2013 de: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/glossary=eugenics
Sources:
Term: CAMPBELL, Neil A.; REECE, Jane B.; (2003) Biologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 6.Auflage, 1508.
Definition: CAMPBELL, Neil A.; REECE, Jane B.; (2003) Biologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 6.Aufl., 1508.