What's the difference between darwinian and darwinism?
Darwinian
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements.
(n.) An advocate of Darwinism.
Example Sentences:
(1) Brain models, to be tenable, must pass an extended Turing test in which the capacity to self organize through the Darwinian mechanism of variation and selection is a key element.
(2) These are the primary Darwinian themes of the second half of the 20th century, and can be understood only in the context of Bill's contributions.
(3) This suggestion is the outcome of analyzing the immune system by the principle of Darwinian selection--among lymphocyte populations differing in their relative growth capacities under particular environmental conditions.
(4) The small energy difference between these enantiomeric pairs, with Darwinian reaction kinetics in a flow reactor, account for the choice of biomolecular handedness made when life began.
(5) We earlier suggested that type A human influenza virus genes undergo positive Darwinian selection through immune surveillance.
(6) In contrast to the Darwinian theory of evolution by natural selection, the neutral theory emphasizes the great importance of random genetic drift (due to finite population size) and mutation pressure as the main causes of molecular evolution.
(7) We show that the diversity-selection duality of Darwinian evolution is achieved at this state if we start from four different monomers capable of forming two complementary pairs.
(8) With respect to amino acid composition, this coupling ameliorates the current controversy over Darwinian vs. non-Darwinian evolution, selectionist vs. neutralist, in favor of neither: Within the context of the quantitative data, the evolution of real proteins is seen as a compromise between the two viewpoints, both important.
(9) The events in Pavlov's laboratory lead toward the postulation of a new paradigm that rejected the Cartesians conceptualization of the reflex as a mechanistic response to stimuli by replacing it with the Darwinian notion of the organism's adaptation to the environmental conditions.
(10) Some people rigorously work through almost a Darwinian attempt to world-create in fantasy.
(11) It is hypothesized that it is this process that gave rise to the chemical substrate upon which Darwinian selective forces have acted ever since.
(12) The process of Darwinian selection in the self-replication of single-stranded RNA by Q beta replicase was investigated by analytical and computer-simulation methods.
(13) 1.43pm BST Alistair Smith, acting editor of the stage.co.uk website, writes that on the whole there was no big change in what was a brutal, Darwinian process These decisions will have implications across the arts world, as it is trimmed into a new shape, but we should not forget it was also have huge ramifications for individuals, as jobs are made and lost and lives are changed.
(14) The remarkable specificity is the result of an antigen-driven Darwinian selection of proliferating clones, operating on further diversity that is generated by a high rate of point mutations in specific genes.
(15) The kids are instinctively aware that this whole process is Darwinian - it is a show - and it is survival of the cutest.
(16) So not surprisingly nearly all neo-Darwinians insist that the outcomes – and that includes you – are complete flukes of circumstance.
(17) The unified theory of evolution is an expansion of Darwinian theory that asserts that evolution is driven by entropic accumulation of genetic information that is constrained and organized primarily by the genealogical effects of phylogenetic history and developmental integration, and secondarily by ecological effects, or natural selection in its classical mode.
(18) Analysis of DNA sequences supports the hypothesis that in Plasmodium falciparum, positive Darwinian selection favors diversity in the T-cell epitopes (peptides presented to T cells by host MHC molecules) of the CS protein.
(19) The resulting equations allow a more precise accounting for the effects of Darwinian natural selection in molecular evolution than does the idealized but biologically less accurate assumption that each of the four nucleotides is equally likely to mutate to and be fixed as one of the other three.
(20) Mutations that cause sterility or early embryonic loss are detrimental in the Darwinian sense but have little impact on society.
Darwinism
Definition:
(n.) The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above.
Example Sentences:
(1) He set sail on his $15m yacht Sorcerer II on an unending voyage with the mission, along the way, "to put everything that Darwin missed into context" and map the whole world's genetic components.
(2) The history of the reception of Darwin's doctrine shows that, as a rule, older scientists with such religious worldviews would not support Darwin.
(3) The incidents allegedly occurred after Australian authorities were called to assist an asylum seeker boat that ran aground on an island near Darwin on New Year’s Day, and towed back to Indonesia, as part of the Abbott government’s policy of “turning back the boats”.
(4) Marine Rotational Force – Darwin” (MRF-D) is one of four American marine air ground task forces (MAGTFs) in the Asia-Pacific region, along with those in Guam, Hawaii and Okinawa, the sum of which make up a central strategic pillar of the pivot.
(5) AR: You've done Darwin as a young man on the Beagle.
(6) I think the fact that the movement has now become so public and widely supported gives it a resilience that means we can do this and it will make it very hard for border force and the government to make a move on these people.” There were also training demonstrations given at churches in Sydney, Hobart, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide, while Christ Church cathedral in Darwin will hold a demonstration later this afternoon.
(7) Specimens of Escherichia coli O119B14 isolated from 13 newborn babies during an outbreak of diarrhoea in Darwin Hospital were tested for their ability to produce enterotoxin.
(8) The problem with the Darwin case is that you can argue quite quickly that if it is OK to intercept emails – and if those, why not phone calls – of suspected criminals.
(9) But Truss told reporters in Darwin on Tuesday: “The decision was made by the leadership team which includes the prime minister and I and my deputy [Nationals] leader Barnaby Joyce on the last [parliamentary] sitting Thursday [25 June].” Truss, who is the leader of the Nationals, defined the ban as applying “until serious action is taken by the ABC to ensure the program behaves in a responsible way”.
(10) When the eminent biologist TH Huxley met Gladstone for the first time in 1877, in the company of Darwin , he exclaimed afterwards: “Why, put him in the middle of a moor, with nothing in the world but his shirt, and you could not prevent him being anything he liked.” This is my view of Cicero: drop him into Westminster or Washington or any other political culture and he would instantly begin clambering to the top.
(11) McRoberts resigned in January, after it was alleged he had involved himself in an ongoing criminal case – believed to be that of Darwin travel agent and head of NT crimestoppers Alexandra Kamitsis.
(12) It is argued that natural selection was for Darwin a paradigmatic case of a natural law of change -- an exemplar of what Ghiselin (1969) has called selective retention laws.
(13) 'He’s still a cheeky little sod, but he’s definitely a nicer boy' … Allan and Michelle Darwin with their son Zane.
(14) Adolescents who attended high school in Darwin were seen as more mission and academically oriented than locally educated youth.
(15) In Adelaide we 'wet-set' our instruments, in Darwin we had small pre-packed trays which were set on trolleys sideways, and in Perth we had pre-sterilised boxes of instruments which we laid out on trolleys ourselves.
(16) This is a very big project for me and my family.” But his reflections on what he has seen so far chime with Bravo’s concern about an absence of Darwinism in Qatari football.
(17) It is unassailable that doctors do have that responsibility to protect and promote the health of people in the community.” The case continues in Darwin, with arguments from the medical board yet to be heard.
(18) If there is nothing to hide he should open the gates and let the media in and allow people to speak freely and without fear.” Meanwhile, the Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in Darwin has been discharged from hospital but remains resolute in his protest.
(19) Until relatively recently, global maps of coral reefs hadn’t changed significantly from the maps produced by Charles Darwin in 1842.
(20) The philosophical or metaphysical architecture of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is analyzed and discussed.