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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... artificial selection . Under natural selection differences in fitness depend on the totality of character- istics that affect survival and reproduction ; under artificial selection , on the other hand , a genotype's reproductive ...
... artificial selection . Under natural selection differences in fitness depend on the totality of character- istics that affect survival and reproduction ; under artificial selection , on the other hand , a genotype's reproductive ...
Pagina 371
... selection , broken lines relaxation of 2 artificial selection . D indicates that a line died out because of sterility . ( After Mather and Harrison 1949 ) The mean was still changing when selection was terminated ,. THE RESPONSE TO ...
... selection , broken lines relaxation of 2 artificial selection . D indicates that a line died out because of sterility . ( After Mather and Harrison 1949 ) The mean was still changing when selection was terminated ,. THE RESPONSE TO ...
Pagina 383
... artificial selection is resumed . Occasional crossovers in a plateaued population yield delayed responses to selection ( Chapter 14 ) from a persistent store of genetic variation that is maintained by linkage disequilibrium . Cor ...
... artificial selection is resumed . Occasional crossovers in a plateaued population yield delayed responses to selection ( Chapter 14 ) from a persistent store of genetic variation that is maintained by linkage disequilibrium . Cor ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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