Evolutionary BiologyFutuyma (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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The first birds and several groups of mammals appeared at this time . The marine
scene featured a reradiation of Chondrichthyes , including modern sharks , and a
great diversity of holostean bony fishes , the group that survives at present only ...
The first birds and several groups of mammals appeared at this time . The marine
scene featured a reradiation of Chondrichthyes , including modern sharks , and a
great diversity of holostean bony fishes , the group that survives at present only ...
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They are an instance of CONVERGENT EVOLUTION . This very common
phenomenon can occur in almost any feature of organisms . The eyes of
vertebrates and cephalopods , the wings of insects , birds , and bats are easily
recognized as ...
They are an instance of CONVERGENT EVOLUTION . This very common
phenomenon can occur in almost any feature of organisms . The eyes of
vertebrates and cephalopods , the wings of insects , birds , and bats are easily
recognized as ...
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For example , both birds and crocodilians are derived from the archosaurian
reptiles that included the dinosaurs ; the common ancestor of turtles , lizards , and
archosaurs was a more remote ancestral reptile . Placing birds in one class and ...
For example , both birds and crocodilians are derived from the archosaurian
reptiles that included the dinosaurs ; the common ancestor of turtles , lizards , and
archosaurs was a more remote ancestral reptile . Placing birds in one class and ...
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A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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| Titolo | Evolutionary Biology |
| Autore | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Illustrato da | Sarah Landry |
| Edizione | illustrata |
| Editore | Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1979 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 23 feb 2010 |
| ISBN | 0878931996, 9780878931996 |
| Lunghezza | 565 pagine |
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