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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... animal behavior ( beginning with Darwin's " The Descent of Man " and " The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals " ) , leading to the field of comparative psychology , to the use of animals as experimental models for human ...
... animal behavior ( beginning with Darwin's " The Descent of Man " and " The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals " ) , leading to the field of comparative psychology , to the use of animals as experimental models for human ...
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... ANIMALS AND PLANTS The incidence of inbreeding in natural populations varies greatly among species . Self - fertilization is unusual in animals , even among hermaphroditic species such as snails in which courtship commonly leads to ...
... ANIMALS AND PLANTS The incidence of inbreeding in natural populations varies greatly among species . Self - fertilization is unusual in animals , even among hermaphroditic species such as snails in which courtship commonly leads to ...
Pagina 302
... animal if the coloration is already so widespread that most predators have learned to avoid such . animals ; but the first aposematic mutant must have been at a disadvantage , drawing the attention of naive predators . Sexual ...
... animal if the coloration is already so widespread that most predators have learned to avoid such . animals ; but the first aposematic mutant must have been at a disadvantage , drawing the attention of naive predators . Sexual ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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