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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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"A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision."

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"Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more."

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"I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy 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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"My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter."

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"There is no complete theory of anything."

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"My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing."

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"Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher."

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"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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"Theories crumble, but good observations never fade."

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"Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are subject to natural and sexual selection."
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"Genes that underlie the capacity to receive, use and transmit information are the evolving properties."
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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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"Exchange of breeding individuals between two populations tends to homogenize their gene pools."
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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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"Thus mating of females was strictly along the lines of paternal song."
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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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"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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