Evolutionary BiologyFutuyma (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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3 Discuss the general principles that would enable you to predict which
characteristics of an organism should be phenotypically labile ( like B -
galactosidase production in E. coli ) and which should be strongly canalized ( like
vertebral number ...
3 Discuss the general principles that would enable you to predict which
characteristics of an organism should be phenotypically labile ( like B -
galactosidase production in E. coli ) and which should be strongly canalized ( like
vertebral number ...
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7 Discuss ways in which biogeographic information can help determine
phylogenetic relationships among species and in which phylogenetic information
can explain biogeographic patterns . 8 Are evolutionary reversals due to back
mutations ...
7 Discuss ways in which biogeographic information can help determine
phylogenetic relationships among species and in which phylogenetic information
can explain biogeographic patterns . 8 Are evolutionary reversals due to back
mutations ...
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FOR DISCUSSION AND THOUGHT 1 One generation of random mating
establishes the genotype frequencies pa , 2pq , q ... 5 Discuss the validity of
viewing mutations as “ mistakes ” in gene replication , rather than adaptive events
that are ...
FOR DISCUSSION AND THOUGHT 1 One generation of random mating
establishes the genotype frequencies pa , 2pq , q ... 5 Discuss the validity of
viewing mutations as “ mistakes ” in gene replication , rather than adaptive events
that are ...
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Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Evolutionary Biology |
| Autore | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Illustrato da | Sarah Landry |
| Edizione | illustrata |
| Editore | Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1979 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 23 feb 2010 |
| ISBN | 0878931996, 9780878931996 |
| Lunghezza | 565 pagine |
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