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 31
... interactions in some instances and destabilize them in others . 23. The principles of intraspecific evolution apply ... interaction between phenotype and environ- ment determines which phenotypes shall once again transmit genetic ...
... interactions in some instances and destabilize them in others . 23. The principles of intraspecific evolution apply ... interaction between phenotype and environ- ment determines which phenotypes shall once again transmit genetic ...
Pagina 67
... interactions among species are widespread and important . Amensalism , wherein one species benefits from another without affecting it in turn , is so common that we often do not notice it : owls roosting in abandoned woodpecker holes ...
... interactions among species are widespread and important . Amensalism , wherein one species benefits from another without affecting it in turn , is so common that we often do not notice it : owls roosting in abandoned woodpecker holes ...
Pagina 469
... interactions , host - parasite interactions , and other predator - prey interactions , such as those between vertebrate predators and their prey . — - 8 A critical feature of the theory of coevolution of all three major interac- tions ...
... interactions , host - parasite interactions , and other predator - prey interactions , such as those between vertebrate predators and their prey . — - 8 A critical feature of the theory of coevolution of all three major interac- tions ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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