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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Pagina 142
... evolved inde- pendently , probably on different genetic bases , in the two groups . They are an instance of ... evolved independently in unrelated groups . Herbaceous plants have evolved repeatedly from woody ancestors ; the leaflessness ...
... evolved inde- pendently , probably on different genetic bases , in the two groups . They are an instance of ... evolved independently in unrelated groups . Herbaceous plants have evolved repeatedly from woody ancestors ; the leaflessness ...
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 , Cromp- ton 1963 ) . Similarly , the holostean fishes evolved from at least three ...
... evolved . independently from at least three and perhaps as many as five different lines of therapsids ( Figure 11 ; see Olson 1959 , Simpson 1959 , Cromp- ton 1963 ) . Similarly , the holostean fishes evolved from at least three ...
Pagina 455
... evolved resis- tance , 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 resis- tance , 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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