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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... insects are more likely to adapt to the defenses of apparent ( dominant , easily found ) than " unapparent " plants , unless apparent plants evolve one of a few kinds of defense , such as tannins , that are not easily overcome by insects ...
... insects are more likely to adapt to the defenses of apparent ( dominant , easily found ) than " unapparent " plants , unless apparent plants evolve one of a few kinds of defense , such as tannins , that are not easily overcome by insects ...
Pagina 464
... insects adapted to specific host defenses than among more generalized insects adapted to generalized defenses such as tannins . Unrelated hosts may converge in defense properties and thus become accessible to unrelated parasites ; and ...
... insects adapted to specific host defenses than among more generalized insects adapted to generalized defenses such as tannins . Unrelated hosts may converge in defense properties and thus become accessible to unrelated parasites ; and ...
Pagina 466
... insects , and genetic changes in adaptation to the host plant occur primarily in those insects that are most specialized on it . But very rarely , a major evolutionary event will occur : a plant will evolve , through one or more truly ...
... insects , and genetic changes in adaptation to the host plant occur primarily in those insects that are most specialized on it . But very rarely , a major evolutionary event will occur : a plant will evolve , through one or more truly ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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