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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... ( Figure 2a ) , or they may shift the mean in one direction ( Figure 2b ) . Such a directional change in average properties is the aspect of evolutionary change in which we tend to be most interested . Directional evolution can be viewed ...
... ( Figure 2a ) , or they may shift the mean in one direction ( Figure 2b ) . Such a directional change in average properties is the aspect of evolutionary change in which we tend to be most interested . Directional evolution can be viewed ...
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... ( Figure 2a ) , are recorded . These are followed in the Silurian by other agnathan " fishes , " as well as the first vertebrates with jaws , the plac- oderms ( Figure 2b ) . It seems likely that the two other great groups of fishes , the ...
... ( Figure 2a ) , are recorded . These are followed in the Silurian by other agnathan " fishes , " as well as the first vertebrates with jaws , the plac- oderms ( Figure 2b ) . It seems likely that the two other great groups of fishes , the ...
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... ( Figure 15 ) without affecting the frequency of crossing - over elsewhere on the chromosome . - THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ... ( Figure 16 , Chapter 9 ) vary greatly in the viability they confer in homozygous condition . Heterozygotes formed by ...
... ( Figure 15 ) without affecting the frequency of crossing - over elsewhere on the chromosome . - THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ... ( Figure 16 , Chapter 9 ) vary greatly in the viability they confer in homozygous condition . Heterozygotes formed by ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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