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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... complex organs or biochemical path- ways , in which many components must function harmoniously . In extreme cases the evolution of a complex organ may require the si- multaneous conjunction of many mutations , each individually non ...
... complex organs or biochemical path- ways , in which many components must function harmoniously . In extreme cases the evolution of a complex organ may require the si- multaneous conjunction of many mutations , each individually non ...
Pagina 134
... complexes of characters commonly evolve rapidly soon after the new adaptive zone is entered and then more or less reach a plateau . Westoll ( 1949 ) and Schaeffer ( 1952 ) found that a complex of characters distinguishing lungfishes and ...
... complexes of characters commonly evolve rapidly soon after the new adaptive zone is entered and then more or less reach a plateau . Westoll ( 1949 ) and Schaeffer ( 1952 ) found that a complex of characters distinguishing lungfishes and ...
Pagina 143
... complex structures are unlikely to evolve in precisely the same form in unrelated groups or in the same phyletic line after they have been lost , as Dollo's law states . But less complex characters may display evolutionary reversal ...
... complex structures are unlikely to evolve in precisely the same form in unrelated groups or in the same phyletic line after they have been lost , as Dollo's law states . But less complex characters may display evolutionary reversal ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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