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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... Mayr ( 1963 ) , among others , has argued that the populations along the periphery of a species ' geographic range harbor less genetic variation than those in the central part of the range . Why might you expect this ? Why is the ...
... Mayr ( 1963 ) , among others , has argued that the populations along the periphery of a species ' geographic range harbor less genetic variation than those in the central part of the range . Why might you expect this ? Why is the ...
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... Mayr , who doubts that speciation occurred in this way . Evaluate their argu- ments . 14 A model of sympatric speciation in parasites proposes that isolation arises by a single mutation and that the homozygotes for this mutation mate ...
... Mayr , who doubts that speciation occurred in this way . Evaluate their argu- ments . 14 A model of sympatric speciation in parasites proposes that isolation arises by a single mutation and that the homozygotes for this mutation mate ...
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... Mayr , E. 1942. Systematics and the origin of species . Columbia Univ . Press , New York . Mayr , E. 1954. Change of genetic environment and evolution . In J. Huxley , A. C. Hardy , and E. B. Ford ( eds . ) , Evolution as a process , pp ...
... Mayr , E. 1942. Systematics and the origin of species . Columbia Univ . Press , New York . Mayr , E. 1954. Change of genetic environment and evolution . In J. Huxley , A. C. Hardy , and E. B. Ford ( eds . ) , Evolution as a process , pp ...
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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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