Evolutionary BiologyFutuyma (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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Biological evolution , Darwin said , must proceed by insensibly slight changes
rather than drastic , immediate alterations . This view has permeated most of
modern evolutionary thought and is only now beginning once again to be
questioned .
Biological evolution , Darwin said , must proceed by insensibly slight changes
rather than drastic , immediate alterations . This view has permeated most of
modern evolutionary thought and is only now beginning once again to be
questioned .
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CHAPTER 18 Coevolution Among the most exciting recent developments in
evolutionary biology has been the synthesis of evolutionary theory and ecology
into the discipline of population biology . Population genetics and evolutionary
theory ...
CHAPTER 18 Coevolution Among the most exciting recent developments in
evolutionary biology has been the synthesis of evolutionary theory and ecology
into the discipline of population biology . Population genetics and evolutionary
theory ...
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in marine invertebrates , 97 , 468 sexual reproduction and , 257 , 307 species
diversity and , 71 , 8687 in tropics , 121 , 122 , 123 extinct species , 81-85 effect
on fitness , 294-295 evolution and , 31 heredity and , 21 , 22 parameters of , 51-
56 ...
in marine invertebrates , 97 , 468 sexual reproduction and , 257 , 307 species
diversity and , 71 , 8687 in tropics , 121 , 122 , 123 extinct species , 81-85 effect
on fitness , 294-295 evolution and , 31 heredity and , 21 , 22 parameters of , 51-
56 ...
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A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Evolutionary Biology |
| Autore | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Illustrato da | Sarah Landry |
| Edizione | illustrata |
| Editore | Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1979 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 23 feb 2010 |
| ISBN | 0878931996, 9780878931996 |
| Lunghezza | 565 pagine |
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