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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... environment . The variety of adaptations to environmental change is impressive ; yet there are environmental variations to which no simple physiological acclimation or developmental response is adequate . When the tolerance limits of ...
... environment . The variety of adaptations to environmental change is impressive ; yet there are environmental variations to which no simple physiological acclimation or developmental response is adequate . When the tolerance limits of ...
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... environment , but to its pattern of variation as well . The amplitude , frequency , and predictability of environmental fluctuations affect the pattern of adaptation or even preclude adaptation altogether . Environmental variation is ...
... environment , but to its pattern of variation as well . The amplitude , frequency , and predictability of environmental fluctuations affect the pattern of adaptation or even preclude adaptation altogether . Environmental variation is ...
Pagina 480
... environment ( assuming that there is no interaction between genotype and environment , which makes such percentages meaningless ; see Chapter 14 and Lewontin 1974b ) . But because members of the same family share not only genes but a ...
... environment ( assuming that there is no interaction between genotype and environment , which makes such percentages meaningless ; see Chapter 14 and Lewontin 1974b ) . But because members of the same family share not only genes but a ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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