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 140
... less ecologically flexible , more or less social in behavior , more or less elaborate in the structure of their brain or behavior . The degree to which behavior is learned rather than instinc- tual is as much a special adaptation to ...
... less ecologically flexible , more or less social in behavior , more or less elaborate in the structure of their brain or behavior . The degree to which behavior is learned rather than instinc- tual is as much a special adaptation to ...
Pagina 337
... less important evolve more rapidly than functionally important enzymes , as expected if a greater proportion of mutations did not affect fitness . Selectionists counter that refined models of substitutional load permit higher rates of ...
... less important evolve more rapidly than functionally important enzymes , as expected if a greater proportion of mutations did not affect fitness . Selectionists counter that refined models of substitutional load permit higher rates of ...
Pagina 483
... less is there any reason to believe that the differences among populations in bellicosity , mating patterns , economic systems , or anything else have a genetic basis . Every cultural pattern , as Harris ( 1975 ) points out , is far too ...
... less is there any reason to believe that the differences among populations in bellicosity , mating patterns , economic systems , or anything else have a genetic basis . Every cultural pattern , as Harris ( 1975 ) points out , is far too ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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