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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... ecology the study of interactions between organisms and their environment - that most pertain to evolution ; to characterize , if possible , the concept of environment . ― THE ECOLOGICAL NICHE Each of a great many factors extrinsic to a ...
... ecology the study of interactions between organisms and their environment - that most pertain to evolution ; to characterize , if possible , the concept of environment . ― THE ECOLOGICAL NICHE Each of a great many factors extrinsic to a ...
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... ecological opportunities in which the adaptations can be exercised . Of course , we can tell in retrospect that some ecological opportunities were available long before something that used them evolved ; there were empty niches . Flying ...
... ecological opportunities in which the adaptations can be exercised . Of course , we can tell in retrospect that some ecological opportunities were available long before something that used them evolved ; there were empty niches . Flying ...
Pagina 124
... ecological factors are most important . The latitudinal diversity gradient , on the other hand , seems attributable more to ecological factors than to historical genetic accidents . This distinction between explanations for evolutionary ...
... ecological factors are most important . The latitudinal diversity gradient , on the other hand , seems attributable more to ecological factors than to historical genetic accidents . This distinction between explanations for evolutionary ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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