Whether genetic drift is a minor or major contributor to speciation is the subject matter of much ongoing discussion.

Whether or not a person manages to elevate their base-line to the heights of their genetic possibilities depends partly on factors including actions and habits.

Whether or not it is due to genetic unity, typologically the Australian languages form a language area or Sprachbund, sharing much of their vocabulary and sharing many distinctive phonological features across the entire continent.

( Whether historical nationalism helped the peoples of the remainder of the world, and whether today's nationalism in the former colonial areas has equally beneficial aspects, are other questions.

Whether considered alone or in relation to other editions, COLH 40 is a document of prime importance.

Whether this abnormal TSH differs chemically from pituitary TSH, or is, alternatively, normal TSH with its period of effectiveness modified by some other blood constituent, cannot be decided without chemical study of the activity in the blood of these patients and a comparison of the substance responsible for the blood activity with pituitary Aj.

Whether ClearType, or other rendering, should be used is very subjective and it must be the choice of the individual, with the report recommending " to allow users to disable if they find it produces effects other than improved performance ".

Whether it was Sidney next challenged Oxford to a duel or the other way around, Oxford did not take it further, and the Queen personally took Sidney to task for not recognizing the difference between his status and Oxford's.

Whether the player uses one general pivot direction or the other, and the degree to which the motion is performed, depends on the performer's anatomical features and stage of development.

Whether they were actually lovers is unknown, but their destruction of their letters to each other may point to something beyond mere privacy.

Whether the relationship included any genital component was not a matter for public discourse, but women could form strong and exclusive bonds with each other and still be considered virtuous, innocent, and chaste ; a similar relationship with a man would have destroyed a woman's reputation.

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Whether in fact a person's actions promote and fulfill his own life or not is a question of fact, as it is with all other organisms, but whether a person will act to promote his well-being is up to him, not hard-wired into his physiology.

Whether indoor or outdoor, pet rabbits ' pens are often equipped with enrichment activities such as shelves, tunnels, balls, and other toys.

Whether there be other good or not, the good of the present life is good, and it is good to seek that good.

Whether these poems are meant to be autobiographical is not known, although elements of other parts of Sappho's life do make appearances in her work, and it would be compatible with her style to have these intimate encounters expressed poetically, as well.

Whether HTSC or LTSC systems are more economical depends because there are other major components determining the cost of SMES: Conductor consisting of superconductor and copper stabilizer and cold support are major costs in themselves.

Whether they remained in their possession and was used together with other relics of Anno II from her estate for St. Maria ad Gradus, or already has been donated to her brother, is unknown.

Whether cultural, or internal, people recognize and react to color, shapes, lines, fonts and other symbolic forms with emotions tied to their experiences.

Whether Nelly is an unbiased narrator and how far her actions, as an apparent bystander, affect the other characters are two points of her character discussed by critics.

Whether there were different viewpoints about Yahweh, some seeing him as an aspect of Hadad, some as an aspect of El, some with other perceptions cannot be unambiguously answered.

Whether or not Time Lords can recognise each other across regenerations is not made entirely clear:

Whether or not the liturgical changes ( together with the other changes in the Church that followed the Second Vatican Council ) have caused the loss of faith that has occurred in Western countries is disputed.

Whether it is divorce, anger, parents of addicts, lust, codependency, drugs, or any other problem, Celebrate Recovery at FBCR can help others find victory.

Whether or not the council appointed any other municipal offices or continued to maintain the clerk is not apparent from the minutes and ordinances available.

Whether or not these behaviors specifically arise from visiting Jerusalem is debated, as similar behaviors have been noted at other places of religious and historical importance such as Mecca and Rome ( see Stendhal syndrome ).

Whether or not this mechanism is of physiological importance remains an open question.

Whether protoplasm is in the sol or the gel state depends on the physiological state of the cell.

Whether this association strengthens over time as a result of learning or physiological development remains unclear ( Chivers and Smith 1994 ).

Whether a person or animal will be incapacitated ( i. e. " stopped ") when shot, depends on a large number of factors, including physical, physiological, and psychological effects.

Whether or not a certain cycloaddition would proceed depends on the electronic orbitals of the participating species, as only orbitals with the same sign of wave function will overlap and interact constructively to form new bonds.

Whether born to a female puma mated to a male leopard, or to a male puma mated to a female leopard, pumapards inherit a form of dwarfism.

Whether the Japanese form manga, which has had a much longer history of both novel-like publishing and production of comics for adult audiences, should be included in the term is not always agreed upon.

Whether a given form of speech prefers to use prepositions such as ad, ex, de for " to ", " from " and " of " rather than simple case endings is a matter of style.

Whether this scandal affected Graf's form is open to debate.

Whether all of these orders represent relatives of the Passeriformes is uncertain, but not well-supported by more recent data ; however the bulk of evidence supports the hypothesis that most do indeed form a clade that also includes the Passeriformes.

Whether she will be able to form strong relationships and feel part of any human community remains to be seen.

Whether gerundive forms like " start reading " are compound verbs is controversial in English ; many linguists prefer to treat " reading " as a nominal in its gerundive form.

Whether intended or not, the record took the form of a coherent “ song cycle ”, a radical commentary on contemporary American society.

Whether calculated or not, the symbolism of a pair of shoes by the roadside to mark the passing of a human life was a bizarre yet piercing form of state terrorism.

Whether a municipality is defined as a city, town, or village is not dependent on population or land area, but rather by the form of government selected by the residents and approved by the state legislature.

Whether that sovereign is an absolute monarch or other form was left open to debate, however Hobbes himself viewed the absolute monarch as the best of all options.

Whether strength or endurance related, it is plausible that the majority of motor movements would require a skilled moving task of some form, whether it be maintaining proper form when paddling a canoe, or bench pressing a heavier weight.

Whether this is a pure form or a solution is not clear.

Whether or not these warnings in this specific form can be considered valid contracts is legally questionable.

Whether in the form of a subscriber attempting to defraud the telephone company, the telephone company attempting to defraud a subscriber, or a third party attempting to defraud either of them, fraud has been a part of the telephone system almost from the beginning.

Whether Mentos is both the singular and plural form of the word has been subject of debate.

So influential was this notion that 300 years later Bancroft in his monumental Native Races began his discussion of circumcision by writing: " Whether the custom of circumcision, which has been the great prop of argument in favor of the Jewish origin of the Aztecs, really obtained among these people, has been doubted by numerous authors ," concluding that it probably existed in a " certain form among some tribes " ( p278 ).

Whether the codification is successful depends heavily on its acceptance by the population as well as its form of implementation by the government, e. g. promoting its prestige and spread, teaching the norm in school and language courses, and so on.

Whether a larva becomes a worker or a queen depends on the kind of food it is given after the first three days of its larval form.

Whether a garden is designed by a professional or an amateur, certain principles form the basis of effective garden design, resulting in the creation of gardens to meet the needs, goals and desires of the users or owners of the gardens.