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Patriline

**[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patriline|Patriline]]** is male inheritance. From generation to generation the trait is linked to males only. See also [[../Matriline|matriline]] = Examples = * The Y-chromosome in male mammals in inherited in …

Tags: Behavior Genetics Selection Speciation

Categories: Biology

Selection of Polygenetic Traits

Synonyms: Polygenetic Selection

Polygenetic selection describes the changes in a gene pool in response to adaptation of a polygenetic trait. == Prerequisite == Let us assume we consider a polygenetic trait that is …

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Why fauceirs not memes?

Meme is an evolutionary unit devised by Richard Dawkins to explain social evolution in a fashion similar to genes<>. [[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/What-Defines-a-Meme.html|When I first learned about memes]], the fauceir concept was …

Tags: Adaptation Anthropology Core theory Genetics Ideology Religion Selection Sociology System Theory

Categories: Philosophy Sociology