'Selective pressure' presentation slideshows

Human Evolution

Human Evolution. Chapter 32-Mader. Overview. Evolution of Primates Evolution of Hominids Focus on Homo Human Variation Humans as a selective agent. Early Primates. Prosimians (~58mya) Monkeys (35mya) Apes (23mya) Hominids (~6mya). First Arboreal Mammals.

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Bugs and drugs

Bugs and drugs. A summary of pharmaceutical microbiology. Four main groups of bacteria (according to sensitivity). Gram positive Gram negative Anaerobes Atypical. Bacterial classification: Gram stain. Gram +ve (blue/purple) Thick peptidoglycan cell wall retains primary stain

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Lecture 7: Probiotic Bacteria

Lecture 7: Probiotic Bacteria. Lecture Outline . Introduction/Definition of Probiotics Fundamental Questions Recent Findings Possible Modes of Action Rationale for Selecting Probiotics Conclusions and Further Directions.

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Regenerative medicine for aging: are we reaching the knee of the exponential curve?

Regenerative medicine for aging: are we reaching the knee of the exponential curve? Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer, SENS Foundation aubrey@sens.org http://www.sens.org/. SENS Foundation.

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How Insects Got Where They Are!!

Pests, Plagues & Politics Lecture 4. How Insects Got Where They Are!!. Or Insect Evolution. Key Points Insect Evolution. Evolution by Natural Selection Survival of the Fittest The 5 Principles How is Paleoentomology important? Evolutionary Timeframes Important events in insect evolution.

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GENETIC ALGORITHM

GENETIC ALGORITHM. A biologically inspired model of intelligence and the principles of biological evolution are applied to find solutions to difficult problems

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Identifying and Modeling Selection Pressure (a review of three papers)

Identifying and Modeling Selection Pressure (a review of three papers). Rose Hoberman BioLM seminar Feb 9, 2004. Today. McClellan and McCracken : Estimating the Influence of Selection on the Variable Amino Acid Sites of the Cytochrome b Protein Functional Domains

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More Selection

More Selection. Divergent evolution. Divergent evolution. Similar organisms evolve from a common ancestor. Did these two species evolve from a common ancestor?. Convergent evolution. Large front paws Small eyes Tapered nose. Large front paws Small eyes Tapered nose. Different ancestor.

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Bootstrapping Knowledge about Social Phenomena using Simulation Models

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Mario (Mago) Clerici, M.D. Chair of Immunology

Role of pathogen-driven selection in shaping the predisposition to IBD: identification of disease susceptibility alleles. Mario (Mago) Clerici, M.D. Chair of Immunology Head, PhD School in Molecular Medicine, Universita' di Milano Scientific Director , IRCCS SM Nascente,

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Chapter 16

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Did the Black Death Select for the CCR5- ?32 Allele In Northern European Populations?

Did the Black Death Select for the CCR5- ?32 Allele In Northern European Populations?. Matt Turner Bio 440, Pop Gen. Abstract.

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Genetic Algorithms: Evolving Solutions to Problems

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Evidence for Evolution

Evidence for Evolution . 5 types of Evidence for Evolution. Palaeontology Biogeography Comparative Embryology Comparative Anatomy DNA sequencing (biochemistry). Paleontology. In Palaeontology there is the study of: Fossils Transitional Forms. Fossils/ Transitional Forms .

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Experimental Evolution

Experimental Evolution. Silke & Elsa Hopkins Microbiology. Selection for fit types in a variable population Selection pressure: antibiotic Mutants survive Are Nal R mutants less fit in an antibiotic -free environment? Tradeoff?.

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The Peppered Moth

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Evidence of Evolution

Evidence of Evolution. Alana Wehbe. Palaeontology. Fossils

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Case study of Natural selection

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