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SUMMARY:What is adaptation\, and how should it be measured? - Dr Joel Peck
  ( Department of Genetics\, University of Cambridge )
DTSTART:20171116T120000Z
DTEND:20171116T130000Z
UID:TALK86211@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Alex Leonard
DESCRIPTION:Adaptation is a defining property of living systems. It occurs
  when a population of organisms becomes better suited to its environment. 
 The phenomena that people find most fascinating about biological systems a
 re\, in general\, the result of adaptive processes. Examples include the m
 ammalian central nervous system\, the flight of birds and insects\, photos
 ynthesis\, and the human hand. However\, despite the centrality of adaptat
 ion for biology\, there is no generally agreed quantitative way to describ
 e the degree to which an organism is adapted. Here\, we address this situa
 tion by proposing a quantitative measure of adaptation.  We then provide e
 vidence that the proposed measure can also serve to estimate biological in
 formation\, to assess biological complexity\, and to help resolve question
 s about the\n‘units of selection’ and ‘the major transitions in evol
 ution’.
LOCATION:TCM Seminar room\, 530 Mott building
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