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- noun biology The ability of a particular organism to
evolve
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On the other hand, if we assume that evolvability is a primitive property of matter, then we can presumably say that's just a brute fact about the world, requiring no intelligent designer.
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Again, selection operating on evolvability is not a new idea.
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Again, selection operating on evolvability is not a new idea.
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Again, selection operating on evolvability is not a new idea.
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Given the role that sexual reproduction already plays in evolvability, it is tempting to speculate that Tetrahymena are telling us that "junk DNA" serves a very useful role, but it is a role that is restricted to reproduction and evolution.
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The capacity for evolutionary innovation - or, in buzzword form, "evolvability" - is built into the fabric of life.
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In fact, the idea of evolvability, the capacity to evolve, is based on exactly this idea.
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To achieve this consistency, organisms must have a balance between robustness and evolvability, that is, between resisting and allowing change in their own internal states
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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To achieve this consistency, organisms must have a balance between robustness and evolvability, that is, between resisting and allowing change in their own internal states
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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To achieve this consistency, organisms must have a balance between robustness and evolvability, that is, between resisting and allowing change in their own internal states
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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