Evolutionary BiologyFutuyma (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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Features that enable a female to bear more offspring are such ; but Darwin had in mind especially those secondary ... by conferring superiority in inter - male combat or display or by rendering the male more attractive to females .
Features that enable a female to bear more offspring are such ; but Darwin had in mind especially those secondary ... by conferring superiority in inter - male combat or display or by rendering the male more attractive to females .
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But in what way may a female's offspring be unfit , should she choose an inferior male ? Again , simply with respect to reproduction . If her sons have short plumes , inherited from a short - plumed father , when females generally ...
But in what way may a female's offspring be unfit , should she choose an inferior male ? Again , simply with respect to reproduction . If her sons have short plumes , inherited from a short - plumed father , when females generally ...
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First , mating entails a greater investment for the female than for the male , since she may become committed to ... From these principles , Barash argues that females are likely to be more discriminating than males in choosing an ...
First , mating entails a greater investment for the female than for the male , since she may become committed to ... From these principles , Barash argues that females are likely to be more discriminating than males in choosing an ...
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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
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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