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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... instances , as with the teleosts , a high rate of prolif- eration of new families and genera continued for a very long period before it dropped off . In other instances the diversification of a group did not really begin until long ...
... instances , as with the teleosts , a high rate of prolif- eration of new families and genera continued for a very long period before it dropped off . In other instances the diversification of a group did not really begin until long ...
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... instances in which the species in the long run does not profit from genetic changes caused by natural selection ... instance is that of a genetic priority effect ; a new , possibly beneficial mutation is not advantageous if its function ...
... instances in which the species in the long run does not profit from genetic changes caused by natural selection ... instance is that of a genetic priority effect ; a new , possibly beneficial mutation is not advantageous if its function ...
Pagina 419
... instances the electro- phoretic difference between related forms is substantial . Ayala and his coworkers ( 1974 ) have found progessively greater differentiation in Drosophila at various levels of taxonomic divergence from local pop ...
... instances the electro- phoretic difference between related forms is substantial . Ayala and his coworkers ( 1974 ) have found progessively greater differentiation in Drosophila at various levels of taxonomic divergence from local pop ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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