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 121
... greater in biotically more com- plex environments if much of evolution entails adaptation to a diverse , kaleidoscopically changing biotic environment . Speciation rates , if greater in the tropics , could not only contribute to greater ...
... greater in biotically more com- plex environments if much of evolution entails adaptation to a diverse , kaleidoscopically changing biotic environment . Speciation rates , if greater in the tropics , could not only contribute to greater ...
Pagina 123
... greater rates of origination in or near the tropics . ( From Stehli , Douglas , and Newell 1969 ; Copyright 1969 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science ) marine invertebrates . The diversity of families and genera of ...
... greater rates of origination in or near the tropics . ( From Stehli , Douglas , and Newell 1969 ; Copyright 1969 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science ) marine invertebrates . The diversity of families and genera of ...
Pagina 487
... greater for the female . Second , the female of a mated pair is certain that the offspring are hers , but the male is not ; therefore the coefficient of relationship is greater , on average , between offspring and female than between ...
... greater for the female . Second , the female of a mated pair is certain that the offspring are hers , but the male is not ; therefore the coefficient of relationship is greater , on average , between offspring and female than between ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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