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OpenStudy (anonymous):

in the theory of evolution what would happen to our body if our organisms evolved further? and how does the evolved trait effect the offspring? @thecollinjc1

OpenStudy (deepika.comet):

Welcome To Openstudy..!! @timbra

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks im doing online school and being able to use websites like this is pretty cool.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

same here @nickrock6532

OpenStudy (redneckoutlaw):

Enquiry into the evolution of aging aims to explain why almost all living things weaken and die with age. There is not yet agreement in the scientific community on a single answer. The evolutionary origin of senescence remains a fundamental unsolved problem in biology. Historically, ageing was first likened to "wear and tear": living bodies get weaker just as with use a knife's edge becomes dulled or with exposure to air and moisture iron objects rust. But this idea was discredited in the 19th century when the second law of thermodynamics was formalized. Entropy (disorder) must increase inevitably within a closed system, but living beings are not closed systems. It is a defining feature of life that it takes in free energy from the environment and unloads its entropy as waste. Living systems can even build themselves up from seed, and routinely repair themselves. There is no thermodynamic necessity for senescence. In addition, generic damage or "wear and tear" theories could not explain why biologically similar organisms (e.g. mammals) exhibited such dramatically different life spans. Furthermore, this initial theory failed to explain why most organisms maintain themselves so efficiently until adulthood and then, after reproductive maturity, begin to succumb to age-related damage.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

holy paragraph!!!!! lol thanx that helped a lot. @RedNeckOutLaw

OpenStudy (redneckoutlaw):

lol, welcome :3

OpenStudy (redneckoutlaw):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

ur awesome!!!!!! and already did :P

OpenStudy (redneckoutlaw):

Thanks haha

OpenStudy (anonymous):

anytime lol

OpenStudy (redneckoutlaw):

Lol.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lawl :3

OpenStudy (redneckoutlaw):

xD Anymore u need help with

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yup hold on.lol

OpenStudy (redneckoutlaw):

Ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the blood group B is almost absent in native Americans, whose ancestors arrived in very small numbers 10,000 years ago. which factor is responsible for this phenomenon? A: migration effect B: founder effect C: bottleneck effect.

OpenStudy (redneckoutlaw):

B

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanx I thought It was A......

OpenStudy (anonymous):

have another one...need help..

OpenStudy (redneckoutlaw):

Naw haha, but sure ill do another one quick, becuase i gotta go to work

OpenStudy (anonymous):

NVM I GOTS THIS!!!!!

OpenStudy (redneckoutlaw):

U sure? I got 5 mins

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I DONT UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECT SO IM REVIEWING THE TUTORIAL......AGAIN :(

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanx for the help though bro

OpenStudy (redneckoutlaw):

welcome

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