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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... major reference on the subject ; a major compilation of information , invested with a controversial inter- pretation . Antedates the general acceptance of continental drift . Good , R. 1947. The geography of flowering plants . Longmans ...
... major reference on the subject ; a major compilation of information , invested with a controversial inter- pretation . Antedates the general acceptance of continental drift . Good , R. 1947. The geography of flowering plants . Longmans ...
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... Major evolutionary changes may occur by QUANTUM evolu- TION , to use Simpson's term , or by punctuated equilibria , to use Eld- redge and Gould's ( Chapter 7 , Figure 1 ) . New characters , including those diagnostic of major new groups ...
... Major evolutionary changes may occur by QUANTUM evolu- TION , to use Simpson's term , or by punctuated equilibria , to use Eld- redge and Gould's ( Chapter 7 , Figure 1 ) . New characters , including those diagnostic of major new groups ...
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... major ( sc ) and minor genes that they regulate . Investigating correlated responses to selection , Rendel found that replacing an sc allele by a + allele raises both the number of scutellar and abdominal bristles , while selection for ...
... major ( sc ) and minor genes that they regulate . Investigating correlated responses to selection , Rendel found that replacing an sc allele by a + allele raises both the number of scutellar and abdominal bristles , while selection for ...
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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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