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 85
... groups held sway , only to perish at the end of the Cretaceous . Several groups of mammals existed , including the ancestors of the modern orders ; but this period was to see the last of such early mammalian groups as the triconodonts ...
... groups held sway , only to perish at the end of the Cretaceous . Several groups of mammals existed , including the ancestors of the modern orders ; but this period was to see the last of such early mammalian groups as the triconodonts ...
Pagina 104
... groups of organisms have become extinct and others have arisen . Rates of proliferation have varied irregularly and are often greatest soon after the origin of novel adaptations that permit occupation of new adaptive zones . Groups may ...
... groups of organisms have become extinct and others have arisen . Rates of proliferation have varied irregularly and are often greatest soon after the origin of novel adaptations that permit occupation of new adaptive zones . Groups may ...
Pagina 110
... groups . Some groups , such as pigeons and owls , are highly diverse in most of the realms . Finally some groups have disjunct distributions . The lizard family Iguanidae is diverse in North and South America but has a few species in ...
... groups . Some groups , such as pigeons and owls , are highly diverse in most of the realms . Finally some groups have disjunct distributions . The lizard family Iguanidae is diverse in North and South America but has a few species in ...
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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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