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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... developmental stages are not replicas of ancestral adult forms . Butterflies are not descended from larviform ancestors . Rather , von Baer's law is closer to the truth . The early developmental stages of a characteristic tend to be ...
... developmental stages are not replicas of ancestral adult forms . Butterflies are not descended from larviform ancestors . Rather , von Baer's law is closer to the truth . The early developmental stages of a characteristic tend to be ...
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... DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY Molecular and developmental biology leaves not the slightest doubt that development is exceedingly complex . But evidence from devel- opmental genetics ( e.g. , the effects of single mutations ) , the models of ...
... DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY Molecular and developmental biology leaves not the slightest doubt that development is exceedingly complex . But evidence from devel- opmental genetics ( e.g. , the effects of single mutations ) , the models of ...
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... developmental biology , evolution and , 182-183 , 421 developmental buffering , 46 developmental homeostasis , 373- 374 developmental integration , 47-49 developmental pattern , in identification of primitive state , 153 developmental ...
... developmental biology , evolution and , 182-183 , 421 developmental buffering , 46 developmental homeostasis , 373- 374 developmental integration , 47-49 developmental pattern , in identification of primitive state , 153 developmental ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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