Evolutionary BiologyOxford University Press, Incorporated, 1979 - 565 pagine Futuyma (ecology and evolution, SUNY Stony Brook) covers such subject areas as phylogeny, paleobiology, genetic mechanisms of change and speciation, character evolution, the theory of processes and macroevolution, and new molecular perspectives. Numerous line drawings, charts, diagrams, and maps are provided. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Pagina 110
... America , for example , affected little by evolutionary events in North America . There has been little biotic exchange with other regions . Presumably climatic or geographic barriers have in the past prevented much interchange with ...
... America , for example , affected little by evolutionary events in North America . There has been little biotic exchange with other regions . Presumably climatic or geographic barriers have in the past prevented much interchange with ...
Pagina 112
... America , a subject treated by Simpson ( 1950 ) , Darling- ton ( 1965 ) , Cracraft ( 1974a ) , and Keast et al . ( 1972 ) , among others . South America was isolated from North America throughout most of the Cenozoic , as indicated by ...
... America , a subject treated by Simpson ( 1950 ) , Darling- ton ( 1965 ) , Cracraft ( 1974a ) , and Keast et al . ( 1972 ) , among others . South America was isolated from North America throughout most of the Cenozoic , as indicated by ...
Pagina 113
... America ( from unfindable ancestors ) , migrated to South America , and given rise there to a diverse group of species , while not diversifying at all in the north . Thus paleontological evidence and taxonomic evidence alike indicate ...
... America ( from unfindable ancestors ) , migrated to South America , and given rise there to a diverse group of species , while not diversifying at all in the north . Thus paleontological evidence and taxonomic evidence alike indicate ...
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A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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