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Is there any evolutionary reason why male traits appear in the heterogametic sex and female traits in the homogametic sex?

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Is artificial selection a mechanism of evolution?

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How is the recipient's probability of survival calculated in Hamilton's Rule?

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Is there any evidence for sperm parameters being connected to fitness of the offspring produced by that sperm?

evolution sexual-reproduction adaptation

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The Fish-Tetrapod Transition, evolution of the “elbow” in Stem Tetrapods

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When telomere length is measured, is the method performed on a collection of cells yielding an average?

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Homology of front limb and hind limb in Eusthenopteron, femur homologous with ulna?

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Sprawling locomotion, are knee/elbow joints perpendicular to erect locomotion?

evolution zoology locomotion

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How have humans adapted to the decrease in binding affinity of haemoglobin?

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Book recommendations for algorithms used in evolutionary biology

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Are there any examples of sudden leaps in evolution?

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About what percent of mutations are not adaptive?

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How can we estimate how many generations have passed between two individuals?

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Why does the Vas Deferens detour over the pubic bone?

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