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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... important ( Wilson 1969 ) . Nevertheless the relation between species number and distance from source , and especially between spe- cies number and island size , conform very well to this theory . As the model assumes , small isolated ...
... important ( Wilson 1969 ) . Nevertheless the relation between species number and distance from source , and especially between spe- cies number and island size , conform very well to this theory . As the model assumes , small isolated ...
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... important for evolution ? Can a species have one without the other ? 16 Would you expect the amount of genetic variation within a population that inhabits a very changeable environment to be different from that within a population in a ...
... important for evolution ? Can a species have one without the other ? 16 Would you expect the amount of genetic variation within a population that inhabits a very changeable environment to be different from that within a population in a ...
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... important ; even chance is important . RATES OF MUTATION If a population is very large , a mutation rate of 10-5 is a meaningful figure . If the population size is , say , 106 , about 10 progeny in every generation will carry a new ...
... important ; even chance is important . RATES OF MUTATION If a population is very large , a mutation rate of 10-5 is a meaningful figure . If the population size is , say , 106 , about 10 progeny in every generation will carry a new ...
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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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