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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... appears in years of high rainfall and feeds on only a few of the many species of plants that also appear in response to rain . Do these species experience a variable , unpredictable environment ? What we per- ceive as different ...
... appears in years of high rainfall and feeds on only a few of the many species of plants that also appear in response to rain . Do these species experience a variable , unpredictable environment ? What we per- ceive as different ...
Pagina 129
... appears quite constant and quite uniform among groups . There appear to be some exceptions , though . The proteins of the higher primates appear to have evolved more slowly than those of other mammals ; for example , the difference in ...
... appears quite constant and quite uniform among groups . There appear to be some exceptions , though . The proteins of the higher primates appear to have evolved more slowly than those of other mammals ; for example , the difference in ...
Pagina 201
... appear to be incipient species ; they appear to differ only in single characters rather than in whole character complexes . CLINES Different characteristics may vary concordantly ( in parallel ) or discord- antly ( independently ) . But ...
... appear to be incipient species ; they appear to differ only in single characters rather than in whole character complexes . CLINES Different characteristics may vary concordantly ( in parallel ) or discord- antly ( independently ) . But ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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