Galápagos_finch Type post Author Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Date November 25, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , beak size, birds, Darwin's Finches, droughts, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, Geospiza fortis, HMGA2, macroevolution, natural selection, Nature (journal), Peter and Rosemary Grant, Sangeet Lamichhaney, seeds, Sisyphean evolution, species, subjunctive Galápagos Finches — Some Contradictions Solved Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig November 25, 2020 Evolution 5 The authors offer a selectionist explanation, which is nevertheless uncertain. Note the repeated use of the subjunctive. Read More ›
Galápagos finch Type post Author Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Date November 24, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , alleles, beak size, Charles Darwin, Christian Science Monitor, Daphne Major, Darwin's Finches, evolution, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, genera, HMGA2, macroevolution, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Princeton University, Sangeet Lamichhaney, Sisyphean evolution, speciation, species, The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe Galápagos Finches — An “Exceptionally Strong Natural-Selection Event”? Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig November 24, 2020 Evolution 4 This is by no means an all-or-nothing selection (as the impression is sometimes given). Rather, the alleles are retained. Read More ›
Geospiza fortis Type post Author Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Date November 20, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , alleles, beak size, Darwin's Finches, DNA, dog breeds, evolution, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, genotype, HMGA2, macroevolution, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, Nature (journal), Neo-Darwinism, SNPs, speciation Galápagos Finches — A Paradigm of the Limits of Natural Selection? Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig November 20, 2020 Evolution 4 They are not, per the National Academy of Sciences, a “particularly convincing example for speciation.” Read More ›
