“只有一小部分外来物种会在它们的新栖息地引发问题。”田纳西大学生态学和进化生物学教授唐·史密斯说。
"Only a small percentage of alien species cause problems in their new habitats,'' said Don Smith, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Tennessee.
“从本质上说,我非常同意作者的观点。”德国马克斯·普朗克进化人类学研究所的生物学家兼主任斯温特·帕波说。
"Essentially, I could not agree more with the authors," said Svante Paabo, a biologist and director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany.
就像生物学:一个一群微生物混杂地交换基因和特性的生态系统,进化加速了。
It's like biology: in an ecosystem where microbes are promiscuously swapping genes and traits, evolution speeds up.
生物学中分类思想的问题就是,进化不会像(分类规定)的那样进行。
The problem with categorical thinking in biology is that evolution does not work like that.
在进化生物学中,一个不同的物种的定义并不完全明确。
In evolutionary biology, the definition of a distinct species is not entirely clear-cut.
其实在我们得到这些实验数据之前,我们就在生物学基础上对“被拒绝”有了一定的了解,这是一种具有特殊职能的进化而来的反应。
Even before the results come in, there is a lot we can say about the biology of rejection which suggest that it is an evolved response with specific functions.
《进化生物学》杂志最近的一篇报道否定了以上看法。
A new study in the journal Evolutionary Biology rejects them all.
本周宣布入围的六本书在题材和风格上非常多元化,从历史到哲学,从进化生物学到宇宙学。
The six shortlisted books announced this week represent a diverse array of subjects and styles, ranging from history to philosophy, from evolutionary biology to cosmology.
但是普特斯博士强调,进化生物学并不是注定的。
But Dr Puts emphasises that evolutionary biology is not destiny.
他们的研究成果发表在《国际系统与进化微生物学杂志》上。
Their findings are described in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
确实,我们对模仿的喜爱可能是出自一种求生方面的好处,它深深根植于我们的进化生物学中,甚至连猴子也更喜欢与模仿他们的人打交道。
Indeed our fondness for imitation may be a survival advantage, deeply rooted in our evolutionary biology - even monkeys become more willing to engage in a kind of commerce with those who imitate them.
对于没有机会了解生物学或者自然科学的人来说,那些超自然学说信奉者的主张可能比进化论更令他们信服。
For those who have never had the opportunity to find out about biology or science, claims made by those who believe in supernatural alternatives to evolutionary theory can appear convincing.
然而,维西强调某种文化的期望并不会“否定进化机制”,因为生物学和文化两方面的影响基本上是和谐的。
However, Vasey stresses that a cultural expectation does not "invalidate the evolutionary mechanism," as biological and cultural influences most likely work in concert.
从人类学,灵长类动物学,认知科学和心理学到古生物学,考古学,进化生物学和基因学,人们对人类属性的研究包括很多领域。
The study of our human nature encompasses a variety of fields ranging from anthropology, primatology, cognitive science and psychology to paleontology, archaeology, evolutionary biology and genetics.
就像生物学的核心是进化一样,宇宙学的关键在于能量,霍金要求哲学去反映这种疯狂焦躁的想法。
Cosmology is about energy, as biology is about evolution, and Hawking demands that philosophy reflect this crazed restlessness.
“我们还没真正懂得文明是怎样进化的,”亚特兰大动物园灵长目动物学者塔拉·斯托因斯基说,她合著了一篇文章,即将在《生物学通讯》上发表。
"We don't really understand how culture evolved," said primatologist Tara Stoinski of Zoo Atlanta, co-author of the upcoming study in Biology Letters.
正如其名字所表示的那样,“进化式设计”的技术是从生物学借鉴过来的。
As its name suggests, evolutionary design borrows its ideas from biology.
根据人们已经接受到的生物学知识,任何杂交所产生的混合生命意味着它们已经达了进化的死角。
According to received biological wisdom, any chimeras that result are meant to be evolutionary dead ends.
“如今大部分人都会认为光脚跑步不仅危险还很疼”,DanielLieberman哈佛大学人类进化生物学教授,在一份预先准备的声明中说。
"Most people today think barefoot running is dangerous and hurts," Daniel Lieberman, a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University, said in a prepared statement.
科学家们在2月10日的《进化生物学》在线杂志上详细说明了他们的发现。
The scientists detailed their findings online Feb. 10 in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
参见v.s.拉玛钱德朗的《进化生物学之自欺、大笑、梦和沮丧:来自病感失认症的提示》,《医学假说》杂志,1996年11月刊,47 (5):347- 62。
See V.S. Ramachandran, the evolutionary biology of self-deception, laughter, dreaming and depression: some clues from anosognosia, Medical Hypotheses, November 1996, 47 (5) : 347-62.
按照进化生物学的一个术语,其使得间日疟原虫预适应了一种它还没有进化到以便处理的威胁。
It has also, in the jargon of evolutionary biology, pre-adapted vivax to a threat it has not evolved to deal with.
不过《当代生物学》杂志上的一项研究却表明,在冬季向鸟类投食可能会影响到它们的进化进程。
But a study in the journal Current Biology suggests that feeding birds in winter can influence their course of evolution.
约翰逊把这个规律比作进化生物学中的红皇后假说,这个假说以《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》中那个必须快速奔跑以呆在原地的角色命名。
Johnson likens this principle to the Red Queen hypothesis in evolutionary biology, named after the character in Alice in Wonderland who must keep running faster just to stay in the same place.
社会科学的中间立场近来被称为“社会生物学”,它认为我们至少学习了一些以生物需要和进化为基础的特有的文化行为。
The social science middle-ground, lately known as sociobiology, claims that we learn at least some specific cultural behaviors on the basis of biological need and evolution.
“想像你每天和同样的三个人出去玩,”珀拉德补充道,他是洛杉矶加州大学生态学与进化生物学学院的一名研究人员。
"Imagine if you hung out with the same three people every day," added Pollard, a researcher in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
无论由于什么原因,生物学的、进化的,还是社会的原因,人类亲子关系的责任在传统上已经落在了母亲身上。
For whatever reasons, be they biological, evolutional, or societal, the onus of human parenthood has traditionally fallen on the mother.
美国国家航空宇航局通过其外空生物学和进化生物学计划为这次研究提供资金,还有其属下的太空生物学机构。
NASA's Astrobiology program in Washington contributed funding for the research through its Exobiology and Evolutionary biology program and the NASA Astrobiology Institute.
对癌症的解答会存在于进化生物学、发育生物学和癌症生物学的交流,这个交流也不会是单行道。
It will be in the convergence of evolutionary biology, developmental biology and cancer biology that the answer to cancer will lie. Nor will this confluence be a one-way street.
对癌症的解答会存在于进化生物学、发育生物学和癌症生物学的交流,这个交流也不会是单行道。
It will be in the convergence of evolutionary biology, developmental biology and cancer biology that the answer to cancer will lie. Nor will this confluence be a one-way street.
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