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Evolution and Escalation

R.A. Fortey
- 01 Oct 1988 - 
- Vol. 25, Iss: 4, pp 325-326
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This article is published in Earth-Science Reviews.The article was published on 1988-10-01. It has received 121 citations till now.

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Patient-Specific Embryonic Stem Cells Derived from Human SCNT Blastocysts

TL;DR: Patient-specific, immune-matched human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are anticipated to be of great biomedical importance for studies of disease and development and to advance clinical deliberations regarding stem cell transplantation, but before clinical use of these cells can occur, preclinical evidence is required to prove that transplantation of differentiated NT-hESC can be safe, effective, and tolerated.
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Mechanisms of large-scale evolutionary trends.

TL;DR: Three tests gave concordant results, suggesting first, that they work, and second, that the passive and driven mechanisms may correspond to natural categories of causes of large‐scale trends.
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Predator‐driven phenotypic diversification in gambusia affinis

TL;DR: The hypothesis that divergent selection between predator regimes has produced the observed phenotypic differences among populations of G. affinis is supported and the general ecomorphological model described in this paper will apply for many aquatic taxa, and provide insight into the role of predators in shaping the body form of prey organisms.
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Stoichiometry of nutrient recycling by vertebrates in a tropical stream: linking species identity and ecosystem processes

TL;DR: Variation in the rates and ratios at which 28 vertebrate species recycled nitrogen and phosphorus in a tropical stream supports stoichiometry theory and illustrates a strong linkage between species identity and ecosystem function.
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Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution

TL;DR: It is concluded that dinosaurs did not experience a progressive decline at the end of the Cretaceous, nor was their evolution driven directly by the KTR, and major diversification shifts occurred largely in the first one-third of the group's history.
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Patient-Specific Embryonic Stem Cells Derived from Human SCNT Blastocysts

TL;DR: Patient-specific, immune-matched human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are anticipated to be of great biomedical importance for studies of disease and development and to advance clinical deliberations regarding stem cell transplantation, but before clinical use of these cells can occur, preclinical evidence is required to prove that transplantation of differentiated NT-hESC can be safe, effective, and tolerated.
Journal ArticleDOI

Mechanisms of large-scale evolutionary trends.

TL;DR: Three tests gave concordant results, suggesting first, that they work, and second, that the passive and driven mechanisms may correspond to natural categories of causes of large‐scale trends.
Journal ArticleDOI

Predator‐driven phenotypic diversification in gambusia affinis

TL;DR: The hypothesis that divergent selection between predator regimes has produced the observed phenotypic differences among populations of G. affinis is supported and the general ecomorphological model described in this paper will apply for many aquatic taxa, and provide insight into the role of predators in shaping the body form of prey organisms.
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Stoichiometry of nutrient recycling by vertebrates in a tropical stream: linking species identity and ecosystem processes

TL;DR: Variation in the rates and ratios at which 28 vertebrate species recycled nitrogen and phosphorus in a tropical stream supports stoichiometry theory and illustrates a strong linkage between species identity and ecosystem function.
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Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution

TL;DR: It is concluded that dinosaurs did not experience a progressive decline at the end of the Cretaceous, nor was their evolution driven directly by the KTR, and major diversification shifts occurred largely in the first one-third of the group's history.