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	Dominance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dominance (biology) in biology and anthropology is the state of having high social status relative to other individuals, who react submissively to dominant individuals.
		Dominance relationship in genetics refers a property of genes that help to determine whether an offspring will inherit a characteristic from the father, the mother, or some blend of both.
		Dominance (game theory) in game theory is a property had by a strategies that makes one strategy a better choice than another.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominance (172 words)

	Duke CIT - Explore Ideas
		Female lemurs often are dominant over males, a phenomenon that intrigued Amy Whitt and Jessica Weiss, two students in Assistant Research Professor Leslie Digby's Primate Field Biology course.
		Analyzing the resulting data with the Psion's Observer software, the two students discovered a facet of Paulina's dominance: she spent more time in proximity to other Sifakas than the three males, suggesting she is her group's social hub (see chart on left).
		Figure 1a from Amy Whitt and Jessica Weiss' Primate Field Biology final presentation shows female Sifaka lemur Paulina more likely to be in proximity to other Sifakas than three males, Trajan, Brutus and Leo.
	cit.duke.edu /ideas/newprofiles/digby.do (354 words)

	Dominance hierarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is not clear how much of dominance hierarchy in humans is due to the intrinsic biology of our brains, derived from evolution, and how much is due to cultural factors.
		Thus, dominance hierarchies can also be observed in human societies and are important phenomena to understand the organization of family, tribe or clan, work organizations, politics, etc. in normal and abnormal social situations.
		A dominance hierarchy is an organizational form by which individuals within a community control the distribution of resources (goods and services) within the community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominance_hierarchy (246 words)

	Forest Biology and Ecology for Educators
		Apical dominance, for example, may be influenced by the interaction of several growth regulators.
		Related to apical dominance is the relationship auxin plays in controlling sprouting along the trunks of trees.
		Whatever the case, it is clear that auxin is either directly or indirectly is involved in apical dominance.
	www.cnr.vt.edu /dendro/forestbiology/htmltext/chapter5.htm (2804 words)

	Biology 11 Spring 2003 Lecture 12
		Dominance and recessiveness are a real phenomenon, but it is a coincidence that he didn't find more than one of each kind for each of the 7 characters; and also that he didn't find any examples of co-dominance.
		For each of the 7 characters, one of the 2 genes was "dominant" to the other, so you can't tell the difference whether a given pea plant was carrying two copies of the dominant gene, or one copy of the dominant gene, and one copy of the "recessive" gene.
		For example, the gene for smooth peas is dominant to its "allele", the gene for wrinkledness of peas.
	www.bio.unc.edu /courses/2003spring/biol011/section3/lecture12.htm (2804 words)

	NSW HSC ONLINE - Biology
		In some cases however the dominance of the two alleles is not clear and both alleles are expressed in the phenotype.
		As neither is dominant the cattle have a mixture of red and white hairs scattered over their bodies and are called roan.
		The alleles are separated and the sex cells have a random assortment of dominant and recessive genes.
	hsc.csu.edu.au /biology/core/blueprint/2524/933net.html (2804 words)

	Hare -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Hares and jackrabbits belong to ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera) family (Hares and rabbits) Leporidae, and mostly in ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species) genus Lepus.
		Normally a shy animal, the European Brown Hare changes its behaviour in spring, when hares can be seen in broad daylight chasing one another around meadows; this appears to be competition between males to attain dominance (and hence more access to breeding females).
		The constellation (Type genus of the Leporidae: hares) Lepus represents a hare.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/hare.htm (522 words)

	Pandagon: "Just so" stories and the presupposition of male dominance
		My point is that the rightness of male dominance is such a base assumption that proponents of it feel comfortable telling women that we have to simply put up with a baseline of violence from men instead of questioning whether or not this means that men need to be controlled.
		But to my mind, the greatest irony of the "just so" evolutionary theories to excuse away social problems caused by male dominance is that they resemble the theories used to stigmatize oppressed people in the past and thereby excuse the continuing oppression.
		Darrel Plant sends me this article by the science writer Sharon Begley at WSJ refuting the latest "just so" story to explain away the products of a sexist society as mere unfortunate side effects of biology that nothing can be done about.
	www.pandagon.net /archives/2005/06/just_so_stories.html (3773 words)

	Dominance hierarchy formation in juvenile crayfish procambarus clarkii -- Issa et al. 202 (24): 3497 -- Journal of Experimental Biology
		Dominance hierarchy formation in juvenile crayfish procambarus clarkii -- Issa et al.
		The formation of social dominance hierarchies was studied in groups of five
		Dominance hierarchy formation in juvenile crayfish procambarus clarkii
	jeb.biologists.org /cgi/content/abstract/202/24/3497 (328 words)

	Biology 4A Student Resources
		When dealing with incomplete dominance and codominance it does not matter what letter you use, as long as the heterozygous condition always denotes the intermediate trait.
		The phenotypic outcomes for cow color and incomplete dominance in general can be explained biochemically.
		MendelÕs laws are not compromised here, he just happened to find in peas examples of complete dominance only.
	www.biologycorner.com /bio4/notes/inheritance2.html (328 words)

	The Open Door Web Site : IB Biology : Genetics : Co-dominance
		Not all genes have dominant and recessive alleles.
		Because the heterozygotes have their own phenotype this gives rise to different proportions amongst their offspring compared with crosses between heterozygotes for dominant and recessive alleles.
		Because both alleles are expressed in the heterozygote they are considered codominant and both take a capital case letter.
	www.saburchill.com /IBbiology/chapters03/004.html (328 words)

	Biology 104 Fall 2000
		Incomplete dominance and co-dominance: dominance is not always absolute, thus sometimes heterozygotes have an inbetween phenotype (incomplete dominance) or have characteristics conferred by both alleles, e.g.
		Sex linkage: when genes are located on the X or sex chromosome, inheritance is complicated by the fact that males have only one X, hence any recessive mutation on the X is immediately visible in the phenotype of males, e.g.
		Generally these mutant alleles only exist in human populations because they are novel mutations or only cause problems long after reproduction has occurred.
	www.life.uiuc.edu /bio104/L30Handout.html (328 words)

	Cogprints - An experimental model of aggressive dominance in Xiphophorus helleri (Pisces, Poeciliidae)
		Loss of body weight under conditions of mild starvation as a function of social dominance.
		The experimental measurement of a social hierarchy in Gallus domesticus: I. The direct identification and direct measurement of social reflex no 1 and social reflex no 2.
		The experimental measurement of a social hierarchy in Gallus domesticus: VI.
	cogprints.org /1987 (328 words)

	Law, Biology and Culture: The Evolution of Law
		This book examines the possibility of biological precursors to individual legal behavior and human social organization-in human anatomy (especially the brain), in behavior of non-human primates, in body chemistry such as endorphins, in human history, and in cultural modes of expressing dominance and social control.
		Biology and the Moral Paradoxes Richard D. Alexander (p.
		For years we have looked at law and legal behavior without understanding its roots in biology and culture.
	www.bepress.com /gruterclassics/lawbiologyculture (394 words)

	Debbie Curtis
		Curtis, D.J. (in press) Diet and nutrition in wild mongoose lemurs (Eulemur mongoz) and their implications for the evolution of small group size and female dominance in lemurs.
		US assistant professor); module "Primate biology" (School of Life and Sport Sciences (SLSS), University of Surrey Roehampton (USR), UK).
		1990-1994 Research assistant: curatorial assistance in the A. Schultz primate skeletal collection and archives; contributions to exhibitions and a new Anthropological Museum; supervision of practical courses in general primatology, comparative primate anatomy and dissection, human skeletal biology, human evolution (AIM, UoZ, CH)
	www.lasuerte.org /facultycurtis.htm (933 words)

	Sarkar Lab WebLog
		I have long argued that classical molecular biology with its informational models was due for an overhaul because it could not: (i) account for some systemic phenomena such as the emergence of dominance; and (ii) it was an essentially static picture lacking the conceptual resources to incorporate temporal phenomena.
		Look at the report in the current issue of Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.
		Now, we are beginning to get both at the same time.
	webapp.utexas.edu /blogs/archives/sarkarlab/003068.html (933 words)

	BIO 345 Introductory Genetics
		Genetics is organized into the following fields of study: Molecular genetics (gene structure and function), Transmission genetics (e.g., Mendelian genetics and quantitative inheritance), Gene expression in the cell and during development, and Population genetics and Evolutionary biology.
		Genetics forms one of the foundation disciplines of cancer biology, immunology, cell biology, ecology, evolutionary biology and other areas of biology.
		Be prepared for problems on the exam similar to those on the first homework problem set (autosomal vs sex-linkage, dominance and pedigrees in human genetics, and Mendelian independent assortment).
	www.shsu.edu /~bio_aad/bio345S00FirstExamReview.htm (3665 words)

	Does a robot have an Umwelt
		This may in part be due to the dominance of Darwinian thinking in biology and the fact that Jakob von Uexküll very early had become a convinced anti-Darwinist and was also subsequently associated with the vitalist opposition against mechanicism in biology (see Harrington 1996 for additional biographical information).
		Specifically, I will investigate the plausibility of three theses: (I) The Umwelt theory of Jakob von Uexküll, even though his theoretical biology was often characterized as being thoroughly vitalist, can in the context of contemporary science more adequately be interpreted as a branch of qualitative organicism in theoretical biology.
		The Umwelt notion deeply influenced Konrad Lorenz in his development of ethology, but it never really became established within ethology or general biology and was subsequently forgotten for a long period.
	www.nbi.dk /~emmeche/cePubl/2001d.robumwelt.html (13919 words)

	Orthoptera.htm
		Descriptors: evolution and adaptation, genetics, computational biology, population genetics, Orthoptera, Gryllus firmus, sand cricket, character-state model, environmental responsiveness model, quantitative genetic analysis, laboratory techniques, mathematical and computer techniques, additive genetic variance, diallele cross, directional asymmetry, dominance variance, fluctuating asymmetry, genetic coupling, genotypic correlations, heritability, inbreeding, perfect bilateral symmetry, phenotypic correlations and variance, biocybernetics, comparative study.
		Descriptors: ecology, environmental biology, physiology, Homoptera, grasshopper, Orthoptera, Melanoplus sanguinipes, mathematical model, temperature as a primary variable, hypothermia, hyperthermia, regulation, thermoadaptation, mathematical biology and statistical methods, biophysics, biocybernetics, laboratory feeding studies.
		Descriptors: development, temperature, environmental factors, biology, food plants, wheat, agricultural entomology, Nomadacris guttulosa, Orthoptera, Acrididae, locusts, Triticum, Gramineae, Cyperales, insect pests of plants.
	www.nal.usda.gov /awic/pubs/Labinsects/Orthoptera.htm (13919 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page : D/DO/DOM
		For the meaning of the word "dominance" in genetics, please see Dominance relationship Dominance in the context of biology and anthropology is the state of having high social status relative to other individuals, who react submissively to dominant individuals.
		A dominant minority is a group that has overwhelming political, economic or cultural dominance in a country or region despite representing a small fraction of the overall population (a demographic minority).
		Dominic Serres, also sometimes known as Dominic Serres the Elder, (1719 – 1793) was a French-born painter strongly associated with the English School of Painting, and with paintings with a naval or marine theme.
	www.alanaditescili.net /browse.php?title=D/DO/DOM (10941 words)

	Graduate Council Excellence in Teaching & Research Awards
		My thesis, entitled Â“Social Dominance, vocalizations, and habitat utilization in a captive colony of Petaurus breviceps,Â” was completed under the leadership of Dr. John Scheibe, Professor of Biology at Southeast Missouri State University.
		From 1997-2000, I was a graduate student at Southeast Missouri State University pursuing the Master of Natural Science Degree in Biology with a minor in psychology.
		During my tenure at Southeast, I served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in human anatomy and physiology under the direction of Dr. S.
	www2.semo.edu /gradschool/denise_bio.htm (10941 words)

	ScienceWeek
		The dominance of plant photosynthesis, which removes CO2 from the air, is evident during the spring and summer; the dominance of animal respiration, which releases CO2, into the air, is apparent during the fall and winter.
		These patterns account for major variations in weather and climate around the world and have been shown to affect terrestrial vegetation, herbivores and carnivores, and marine biology and fish stocks (4) through both direct and indirect pathways.
		4) In summary: The sensitivity of Earth's climate to an external radiative forcing depends critically on the response of water vapor.
	scienceweek.com /2003/sw030502.htm (10941 words)

	The Symposium - The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole:
		A closer look at some of the sexual preference research suggests that scientists have in fact been indirectly observing dominance effects; effects that are only subsequently and partially influential in the development of erotic preferences.
		De Cecco, J. and Parker, D. (1995) ‘The biology of homosexuality: sexual orientation or sexual preference?’, co-published simultaneously in Journal of Homosexuality 28(1/2): 1-27 [Abstract]; and J. De Cecco and D. Parker (eds), Sex, Cells, and Same-Sex Desire: The Biology of Sexual Preference, New York: Haworth Press, pp.
		A new paradigm in sexual preference research is called for that abandons the labelling of male homoeroticism as having essentially feminine or gender-atypical attributes and embraces the fact that masculinity is a multi-dimensional phenomenon that does not just include the homoerotic but owes its survival to it.
	thesymposium.co.uk /desire/index.asp (16029 words)

	Evolutionary Dynamics and Preferential Expression of Homeologous 18S-5.8S-26S Nuclear Ribosomal Genes in Natural and Artificial Glycine Allopolyploids -- Joly et al. 21 (7): 1409 -- Molecular Biology and Evolution
		Transcriptional analysis of nucleolar dominance in polyploid plants: biased expression/silencing of progenitor rRNA genes is developmentally regulated in Brassica.
		Epigenetic silencing of RNA polymerase I transcription: a role for DNA methylation and histone modification in nucleolar dominance.
		(B) Polyploid taxa of the perennial Glycine polyploid complex and their relationships to their diploid progenitors as inferred from histone H3-D data (modified from Doyle et al.
	mbe.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/21/7/1409 (6364 words)

	Lee Blog: dan geer: the "monoculture" of microsoft
		Geer's application of biology to analyze cybersecurity issues is pretty compelling.
		Co-authoring a paper along with other computer security experts in which they argued that the dominance of the Microsoft operating system in computers creates a situation akin to a "monoculture" that makes computers highly vulnerable to viruses and attacks.
		Co-authoring a paper along with other computer security experts in which they argued that the dominance of the Microsoft operating system...
	www.elee.cc /archives/000064.html (6364 words)

	David C. Queller, Scholarly Interests Report, Rice University
		Fortunato, A., Queller, D. C., and Strassmann, J. "A linear dominance hierarchy among clones in chimeras of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum." Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 16 (2003): 438-445.
		Queller, D. "Theory of genomic imprinting conflict in social insects." BMC Evolutionary Biology, 3 (2003): 15.
		Cervo, R., Stemmer, C., Castle,W.*, Queller, D.C., and Strassmann, J.E. "Social parasitism of Polistes dominullus by Polistes nimphus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)." Insectes Sociaux, 51 (2004): 101-108.
	cohesion.rice.edu /administration/fis/report/FacultyDetail.cfm?DivID=1&DeptID=28&RiceID=985 (2908 words)

	Intralocus Sexual Conflict Can Drive the Evolution of Genomic Imprinting -- Day and Bonduriansky 167 (4): 1537 -- Genetics
		locus that increase the dominance of the paternally inherited
		Corresponding author: Departments of Mathematics and Biology, Jeffery Hall, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
		Departments of Mathematics and Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
	www.genetics.org /cgi/content/full/167/4/1537 (5676 words)

	Biology of Moderately Halophilic Aerobic Bacteria -- Ventosa et al. 62 (2): 504 -- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
		In view of the dominance of halophilic archaea in the lake, these
		Solar Lake on the shore of the Sinai peninsula.
		Lake Assal in Djibouti (French Somaliland) contains 27.7% salts in its surface layers, increasing to 39.8% at a depth of 20
	mmbr.asm.org /cgi/content/full/62/2/504 (5676 words)

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