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 477
... behavior differs immutably from that of ants , giraffes , or monkeys ; but we are so immensely capable of learning that most of our behavior is hardly canalized at all . Some few behaviors , such as suckling by infants , are highly ...
... behavior differs immutably from that of ants , giraffes , or monkeys ; but we are so immensely capable of learning that most of our behavior is hardly canalized at all . Some few behaviors , such as suckling by infants , are highly ...
Pagina 489
... behavior might benefit the individual ( e.g. , selfishness ) , ordinary natural selection will do . If it is individually deleterious , but might help relatives ( e.g. , old Eskimos going off to die when food is scarce ) , kin selection ...
... behavior might benefit the individual ( e.g. , selfishness ) , ordinary natural selection will do . If it is individually deleterious , but might help relatives ( e.g. , old Eskimos going off to die when food is scarce ) , kin selection ...
Pagina 492
... behavior has evolved through kin selection , expresses the fear that the high mobility of people in the modern world will lower coefficients of consanguinity , so that there could be an " eventual lessening of altruistic behavior ...
... behavior has evolved through kin selection , expresses the fear that the high mobility of people in the modern world will lower coefficients of consanguinity , so that there could be an " eventual lessening of altruistic behavior ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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