Early evolutionists believed that the genetic basis of adaptation was micromutational. This view was supported by Ronald Fisher's classical mathematical analysis (of 1930) of his 'geometric model' of ...

A half century ago, a nursing graduate student developed an idea that the goal of nursing practice was to promote patient adaptation. She theorized that a patient is a being of interrelated components ...

The capacity of cells and organisms to respond to challenging conditions in a repeatable manner is limited by a finite repertoire of pre-evolved adaptive responses. Beyond this capacity, cells can use ...