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Peter R. Grant

"The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise."

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"The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise."

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"The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual."

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"I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions."

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"The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanics by Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding."

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"Funeral by funeral, theory advances."

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"My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter."

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"You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true."

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Amber Hurdle

"I have this theory- that if we're told we're bad, then that's the only ideal we'll ever have."

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"My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare."

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"If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory."

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"A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories."

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"Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds."
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"Species can be recognized by their morphological characteristics and songs."
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"Males transmit signals in courtship through behavioral displays."
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"Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals."
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"Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals."
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"The divergence of songs in the new population away from those in the progenitor population would only be prevented if these processes were balanced by repeated immigration and subsequent breeding: song flow."
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"Exchange of breeding individuals between two populations tends to homogenize their gene pools."
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"To summarize, the particular song a male sings, and the behavioral responses of females to song and morphological signals, are not genetically inherited in a fixed manner but are determined by learning early in life."
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"The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted."
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"Genes that underlie the capacity to receive, use and transmit information are the evolving properties."
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