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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This is most apparent in the case of complex organs or biochemical pathways , in which many components must function harmoniously . In extreme cases the evolution of a complex organ may require the simultaneous conjunction of many ...
This is most apparent in the case of complex organs or biochemical pathways , in which many components must function harmoniously . In extreme cases the evolution of a complex organ may require the simultaneous conjunction of many ...
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( After Emerson 1961 ) CHARACTER COMPLEXES AND THE ORIGIN OF NEW TAXA Different characters often evolve mosaically ... Occupancy of a new adaptive zone usually entails changes in other features , a complex of functionally interrelated ...
( After Emerson 1961 ) CHARACTER COMPLEXES AND THE ORIGIN OF NEW TAXA Different characters often evolve mosaically ... Occupancy of a new adaptive zone usually entails changes in other features , a complex of functionally interrelated ...
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But less complex characters may display evolutionary reversal , and a complex character may degenerate and return to its original state . Winglessness in insects can be either a primitive condition , as in springtails ( Collembola ) ...
But less complex characters may display evolutionary reversal , and a complex character may degenerate and return to its original state . Winglessness in insects can be either a primitive condition , as in springtails ( Collembola ) ...
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Sommario
The Origin and Impact of Evolutionary Thought | 3 |
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
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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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