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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... genome per generation of flies , not per generation of cells as in the other species . to the whole genome . On this basis it appears that species of micro- organisms with larger genomes have a lower rate of mutation per base pair of ...
... genome per generation of flies , not per generation of cells as in the other species . to the whole genome . On this basis it appears that species of micro- organisms with larger genomes have a lower rate of mutation per base pair of ...
Pagina 363
... genome behaves like a single linkage group . Moreover each of the chromosomes bears recessive lethal genes , so that a chromosome set cannot survive in homozygous condition . So the entire genome is permanently heterozygous and ...
... genome behaves like a single linkage group . Moreover each of the chromosomes bears recessive lethal genes , so that a chromosome set cannot survive in homozygous condition . So the entire genome is permanently heterozygous and ...
Pagina 439
... genome can increase in size and the adaptive reasons for such an increase are clear . Polyploidy , especially prevalent in plants , multiplies genome size by a factor of two or more . Allopolyploids are often more vigorous than their ...
... genome can increase in size and the adaptive reasons for such an increase are clear . Polyploidy , especially prevalent in plants , multiplies genome size by a factor of two or more . Allopolyploids are often more vigorous than their ...
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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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