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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... distribution of one or more characteristics that persists for one or more generations . It entails , then , a difference in the frequency distribution of a set of parents vs. their offspring . Clearly evolution cannot exist without ...
... distribution of one or more characteristics that persists for one or more generations . It entails , then , a difference in the frequency distribution of a set of parents vs. their offspring . Clearly evolution cannot exist without ...
Pagina 107
... distribution were among the most critical observations that led Darwin to his formulation of evolution , and the subject was a major concern of Alfred Russel Wallace . The relation between the temporal and spatial distributions of ...
... distribution were among the most critical observations that led Darwin to his formulation of evolution , and the subject was a major concern of Alfred Russel Wallace . The relation between the temporal and spatial distributions of ...
Pagina 124
... distribution of species . From paleontological and taxonomic evidence it is often possible to infer where a group arose and what its avenues of dispersal have been . This study of historical biogeography often conflicts with ecology ...
... distribution of species . From paleontological and taxonomic evidence it is often possible to infer where a group arose and what its avenues of dispersal have been . This study of historical biogeography often conflicts with ecology ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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