Answer:
In biology, adaptationism is the perspective that considers that the majority of traits are optimal adaptations achieved by natural selection.
Explanation:
Among his most famous defenders are John Maynard Smith, W.D. Hamilton, Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett. Adaptationism has been criticized by authors such as Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin.
Stephen J. Gould summarizes the "adaptationist program" in the following arguments:
- Adaptation is the central phenomenon of evolution, and the key to understanding its mechanisms.
- Natural selection builds adaptation.
- Natural selection maintains an overwhelmingly predominant relative frequency as a cause of adaptation. Variation only provides raw material and cannot do the job without help.
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Gould and Lewontin (1979) summarize the following way of proceeding from the adaptationist program:
- Atomization of the organism: division of the organism into discrete and disconnected features.
- Optimization of the parts by natural selection.
- Explanation of the adaptations.
Answer:
one cell
Explanation:
Oogenesis takes place in the outermost layers of the ovaries, ultimately resulting in the production of one cell.
True
Lysosomes are
organelles enclosed at the membrane, they contain series of enzymes that digest
or breakdown all types of biological polymers such as lipids, protein, nucleic
acid and carbohydrates. Also, lysosomes function as the digestive system of the
cell by degrading materials taken up from outside the cell.
