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 198
... geographic variation point to the impossibility of draw- ing clear - cut lines between species or , especially , between subspecies or races . These infraspecific categories are simply constructs of our imagination , erected for the ...
... geographic variation point to the impossibility of draw- ing clear - cut lines between species or , especially , between subspecies or races . These infraspecific categories are simply constructs of our imagination , erected for the ...
Pagina 199
... geographic population , or set of populations , of a species . A species that is divided into subspecies ( geographic races ) is often called a POLYTYPIC species , or a Rassenkreis . In instances like the drongos the difference between ...
... geographic population , or set of populations , of a species . A species that is divided into subspecies ( geographic races ) is often called a POLYTYPIC species , or a Rassenkreis . In instances like the drongos the difference between ...
Pagina 398
... geographic isolation to explain the origin of the races . Similar host races are known in the codling moth ( Phillips and Barnes 1975 ) and in other insects . Mayr ( 1963 ) believes that this model entails such a concatenation of ...
... geographic isolation to explain the origin of the races . Similar host races are known in the codling moth ( Phillips and Barnes 1975 ) and in other insects . Mayr ( 1963 ) believes that this model entails such a concatenation of ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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