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- noun A
cooptation .
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Examples
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And as I explain in the book, evolution by cooption is what we would expect if evolution was facilitated/front-loaded by design.
Bird Teeth 2008
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I have often pointed out in exchanges that cooption is a conceptual solution to a physical problem and not one that can be tested as long ages are a test condition.
A critique on the endosymbiotic theory for the origin of mitochondria 2007
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* Irreducible structures will occur through stepwise processes, such as cooption and optimization.
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The cooption of that Post story serves as a clear reminder of the extent to which newspapers serve as daily tip sheets for other media outlets.
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On the contrary, the evidence we need is extremely modest and lacking in detail … … First, if an irreducibly complex machine did evolve into existence through cooption, then the parts must have predated the machine.
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The cooption of that Post story serves as a clear reminder of the extent to which newspapers serve as daily tip sheets for other media outlets.
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Instead, independent evidence is needed to support such a hypothesis of cooption cobbling a machine together.
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The cooption of that Post story serves as a clear reminder of the extent to which newspapers serve as daily tip sheets for other media outlets.
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Unlike your simplistic thought process summary, front loading would explain a cooption pathway in telic terms and without the thoughtlessness implied by well, if it isn't x it must be y.
Beckwith on ID 2008
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Unlike your simplistic thought process summary, front loading would explain a cooption pathway in telic terms and without the thoughtlessness implied by well, if it isn't x it must be y.
Beckwith on ID 2008
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