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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... genetics , first developed by R. A. Fisher , J. B. S. Haldane , and Sewall Wright , that specifies mathemat- ically which evolutionary events are possible , how fast genetic change can occur , what forces govern genetic variation , and ...
... genetics , first developed by R. A. Fisher , J. B. S. Haldane , and Sewall Wright , that specifies mathemat- ically which evolutionary events are possible , how fast genetic change can occur , what forces govern genetic variation , and ...
Pagina 49
... genetic change will be deleterious . Unfortunately our knowledge of development is so abysmally insufficient that we can seldom predict the variety of phenotypic effects of any given mutation , how complex the genetic control of any ...
... genetic change will be deleterious . Unfortunately our knowledge of development is so abysmally insufficient that we can seldom predict the variety of phenotypic effects of any given mutation , how complex the genetic control of any ...
Pagina 556
... gene replacement , 313 , 315 , 332- 333 by genetic drift , 274 genetic assimilation , 376-378 genetic change , adaptive value of , 28 , 44-45 , 49 genetic code , 36-38 genetic correlation , 22 genetic counseling , 485 genetic distance , 418 ...
... gene replacement , 313 , 315 , 332- 333 by genetic drift , 274 genetic assimilation , 376-378 genetic change , adaptive value of , 28 , 44-45 , 49 genetic code , 36-38 genetic correlation , 22 genetic counseling , 485 genetic distance , 418 ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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