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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... higher temperatures than at lower . By measuring age - specific values of survivorship l , and fecundity mr under optimal conditions , one can estimate the intrinsic rate of natural increase . An important generalization emerges from ...
... higher temperatures than at lower . By measuring age - specific values of survivorship l , and fecundity mr under optimal conditions , one can estimate the intrinsic rate of natural increase . An important generalization emerges from ...
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... higher plants , in which phylogenetic affinities have long been puzzling . In some in- stances traditional ... higher categories ? 2 Much of the higher classification of organisms , developed in pre - Dar- winian times , has remained ...
... higher plants , in which phylogenetic affinities have long been puzzling . In some in- stances traditional ... higher categories ? 2 Much of the higher classification of organisms , developed in pre - Dar- winian times , has remained ...
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... HIGHER CATEGORIES A description of patterns of variation within species would be incom- plete without asking whether the diversity within species is of the kind that can give rise to new species , genera , or higher categories . This ...
... HIGHER CATEGORIES A description of patterns of variation within species would be incom- plete without asking whether the diversity within species is of the kind that can give rise to new species , genera , or higher categories . This ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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