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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... caused by a few mutations . ( From Clausen , Keck , and Hiesey 1947 , The American Naturalist , Copyright The University of Chicago Press ) vary within species in other taxa in which these characters are not diagnostic . The number and ...
... caused by a few mutations . ( From Clausen , Keck , and Hiesey 1947 , The American Naturalist , Copyright The University of Chicago Press ) vary within species in other taxa in which these characters are not diagnostic . The number and ...
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... caused the abnormal beta chain in sickle - cell hemoglobin ( Hb ) . Because of the degeneracy of the genetic code , many ( about 24 per cent ) codon substitutions do not change amino acid sequences and thus do not affect the phenotype ...
... caused the abnormal beta chain in sickle - cell hemoglobin ( Hb ) . Because of the degeneracy of the genetic code , many ( about 24 per cent ) codon substitutions do not change amino acid sequences and thus do not affect the phenotype ...
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... caused and dissociated by recombination from its occasional advantageous production . Thus there is a conflict ; a certain amount of mutation is certainly " good " for a sexual species , yet the species cannot evolve a higher mutation ...
... caused and dissociated by recombination from its occasional advantageous production . Thus there is a conflict ; a certain amount of mutation is certainly " good " for a sexual species , yet the species cannot evolve a higher mutation ...
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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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