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 71
... extinction of each species is constant , the more species there are , the more extinctions there will be ; hence the extinction curve rises . Immigration rates are likely to be higher for near ( IN ) than far ( IF ) islands ; extinction ...
... extinction of each species is constant , the more species there are , the more extinctions there will be ; hence the extinction curve rises . Immigration rates are likely to be higher for near ( IN ) than far ( IF ) islands ; extinction ...
Pagina 95
... extinction of the whooping crane are likely to forget that extinction has been the fate of the vast majority of all the species that have existed . Romer ( 1949 ) estimated that no more than 1 per cent of Mesozoic tetrapods are ...
... extinction of the whooping crane are likely to forget that extinction has been the fate of the vast majority of all the species that have existed . Romer ( 1949 ) estimated that no more than 1 per cent of Mesozoic tetrapods are ...
Pagina 104
... extinction . In general , there is little evi- dence of overall improvement in adaptation during the history of life . Many changes in diversity may require no special explanation but follow directly from random processes of origination ...
... extinction . In general , there is little evi- dence of overall improvement in adaptation during the history of life . Many changes in diversity may require no special explanation but follow directly from random processes of origination ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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