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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... evolved independently , probably on different genetic bases , in the two groups . They are an instance of CONVERGENT ... evolved independently in unrelated groups . Herbaceous plants have evolved repeatedly from woody ancestors ; the ...
... evolved independently , probably on different genetic bases , in the two groups . They are an instance of CONVERGENT ... evolved independently in unrelated groups . Herbaceous plants have evolved repeatedly from woody ancestors ; the ...
Pagina 143
... evolved independently from at least three and perhaps as many as five different lines of therapsids ( Figure 11 ; see Olson 1959 , Simpson 1959 , Crompton 1963 ) . Similarly , the holostean fishes evolved from at least three different ...
... evolved independently from at least three and perhaps as many as five different lines of therapsids ( Figure 11 ; see Olson 1959 , Simpson 1959 , Crompton 1963 ) . Similarly , the holostean fishes evolved from at least three different ...
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... evolved resistance , or do parasites themselves evolve to be benign ? If so , can they , as many people have suggested , become so benign that they benefit their hosts ? In many interactions the exploiter cannot evolve to be avirulent ...
... evolved resistance , or do parasites themselves evolve to be benign ? If so , can they , as many people have suggested , become so benign that they benefit their hosts ? In many interactions the exploiter cannot evolve to be avirulent ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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AA AA adaptive advantageous alleles alterations ancestor animals appear arise associated average become behavior biological birds body bristle cause cent Chapter character characteristics chromosome common complex consists depends derived determined developmental differentiation direction Discuss distribution diversity dominant drift Drosophila ecological effect environment environmental enzyme equilibrium evidence evolution evolutionary evolved example exist extinction factors Figure fitness fossil function gene flow gene frequency genetic genetic variation genotypes geographic greater growth heterozygotes higher highly human hybrid important increase individuals insects instances interactions isolated kinds less loci locus major males mating mean mechanisms mutation natural selection occur offspring organisms origin patterns phenotypic plants Pleistocene polymorphic population possible predators present probability produce recombination relative reproduction response sexual similar single speciation species structure theory tion variance vary