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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... direct observation , and so often is never quite resolved . Very often no single " right " answer applies universally . The literature of evolutionary biology re- flects the dynamic changes in ideas that the complexity of the subject ...
... direct observation , and so often is never quite resolved . Very often no single " right " answer applies universally . The literature of evolutionary biology re- flects the dynamic changes in ideas that the complexity of the subject ...
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... social conditions , much as the properties of different species fit them to different envi- ronments . Evolution has had both direct and indirect influences on psychol- ogy . Most directly , perhaps , it has drawn 10 CHAPTER ONE.
... social conditions , much as the properties of different species fit them to different envi- ronments . Evolution has had both direct and indirect influences on psychol- ogy . Most directly , perhaps , it has drawn 10 CHAPTER ONE.
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... direct their movements to appropriate host plants ; but the advantage of dispersal must outweigh the probability of mortality . Nevertheless , this does not bespeak perfect adaptation . A genotype may have several pleiotropic effects ...
... direct their movements to appropriate host plants ; but the advantage of dispersal must outweigh the probability of mortality . Nevertheless , this does not bespeak perfect adaptation . A genotype may have several pleiotropic effects ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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