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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... exist without preexisting variation . Evolution can consist of changes at each of the levels at which variation exists . So the evolution of body size can be described as changes in the proportions of large vs. small species ( e.g. ...
... exist without preexisting variation . Evolution can consist of changes at each of the levels at which variation exists . So the evolution of body size can be described as changes in the proportions of large vs. small species ( e.g. ...
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... exist within the species , as Kindred's work on vibrissa number in mice shows . Darwin noted that artificial selection had yielded breeds of pigeons with characteristics that distinguish families or orders of birds ; the fantail breed ...
... exist within the species , as Kindred's work on vibrissa number in mice shows . Darwin noted that artificial selection had yielded breeds of pigeons with characteristics that distinguish families or orders of birds ; the fantail breed ...
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... exist ? The answer may lie in the important effects of linkage . LINKAGE AND POLYGENIC INHERITANCE In a preceding illustration ( case 5 ) , the genotypes AAB'B ' , A'A'BB , and AA'BB ' all have equally high fitness , since their ...
... exist ? The answer may lie in the important effects of linkage . LINKAGE AND POLYGENIC INHERITANCE In a preceding illustration ( case 5 ) , the genotypes AAB'B ' , A'A'BB , and AA'BB ' all have equally high fitness , since their ...
Sommario
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 |
| 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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