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
... South 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 ...
... South 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 ...
Pagina 112
... America . THE BIOTA OF SOUTH AMERICA Despite these complications , evidence from taxonomy and paleontol- ogy can enable us to formulate reasonably parsimonious interpretations of past patterns of movement . As an example , I will ...
... America . THE BIOTA OF SOUTH AMERICA Despite these complications , evidence from taxonomy and paleontol- ogy can enable us to formulate reasonably parsimonious interpretations of past patterns of movement . As an example , I will ...
Pagina 113
... South America long ago . The South American marsupials are likewise a very old South American group , from which the opos- sum Didelphis virginianus , like the nine - banded armadillo , has recently moved to the north . The same kinds ...
... South America long ago . The South American marsupials are likewise a very old South American group , from which the opos- sum Didelphis virginianus , like the nine - banded armadillo , has recently moved to the north . The same kinds ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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