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 148
... common ancestor . Species B is genealogically closer to C , but genetically more similar to A , if their primitive features are determined by the same genes . The evolutionary systematists would classify B with A rather than with C ...
... common ancestor . Species B is genealogically closer to C , but genetically more similar to A , if their primitive features are determined by the same genes . The evolutionary systematists would classify B with A rather than with C ...
Pagina 150
... common ancestor to account for the difference in amino acid sequence ; these join near the bottom . Note the fairly good correspondence to classical phylogenetic trees , with some exceptions among the reptiles and birds . ( After Fitch ...
... common ancestor to account for the difference in amino acid sequence ; these join near the bottom . Note the fairly good correspondence to classical phylogenetic trees , with some exceptions among the reptiles and birds . ( After Fitch ...
Pagina 177
... common ; reduction in the number of vertebrae , aortic arches , digits , and teeth is one of the most common themes in the comparative anatomy of the vertebrates . Most advanced families of plants have fewer stamens and carpels than the ...
... common ; reduction in the number of vertebrae , aortic arches , digits , and teeth is one of the most common themes in the comparative anatomy of the vertebrates . Most advanced families of plants have fewer stamens and carpels than the ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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AA AA adaptive advantageous alleles alterations ancestor animals appear arise associated average become behavior biological birds body bristle cause cent Chapter character characteristics chromosome common complex consists depends derived determined developmental differentiation direction Discuss distribution diversity dominant drift Drosophila ecological effect environment environmental enzyme equilibrium evidence evolution evolutionary evolved example exist extinction factors Figure fitness fossil function gene flow gene frequency genetic genetic variation genotypes geographic greater growth heterozygotes higher highly human hybrid important increase individuals insects instances interactions isolated kinds less loci locus major males mating mean mechanisms mutation natural selection occur offspring organisms origin patterns phenotypic plants Pleistocene polymorphic population possible predators present probability produce recombination relative reproduction response sexual similar single speciation species structure theory tion variance vary