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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... favor divergence as well . Among these factors are interspecific competition , which presses species to use different resources ; predation , which can favor the acquisition of different mech- anisms of protection ; and the threat of ...
... favor divergence as well . Among these factors are interspecific competition , which presses species to use different resources ; predation , which can favor the acquisition of different mech- anisms of protection ; and the threat of ...
Pagina 437
... favor of the insect's ability to induce the formation of a gall on which its life depends is far stronger than selection in favor of the plant's ability to resist attack ( as long as other factors keep the insect population at a level ...
... favor of the insect's ability to induce the formation of a gall on which its life depends is far stronger than selection in favor of the plant's ability to resist attack ( as long as other factors keep the insect population at a level ...
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... favor the maintenance of genetic variation in a more stereotyped species are now met by the behavioral accommodations that a more versatile genotype is capable of . Thus just as we would not expect heterogeneity of environmental ...
... favor the maintenance of genetic variation in a more stereotyped species are now met by the behavioral accommodations that a more versatile genotype is capable of . Thus just as we would not expect heterogeneity of environmental ...
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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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