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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... mammals existed , including the ancestors of the modern orders ; but this period was to see the last of such early mammalian groups as the triconodonts and symmetrodonts . The adaptive radiation of the angiosperms pro- ceeded rapidly ...
... mammals existed , including the ancestors of the modern orders ; but this period was to see the last of such early mammalian groups as the triconodonts and symmetrodonts . The adaptive radiation of the angiosperms pro- ceeded rapidly ...
Pagina 443
... mammals have not yet radiated fully into the variety of niches that constitute the mammalian adaptive zone . The time courses of change in the two groups begin , conceptually , with comparably gen- eralized ancestors , the first to ...
... mammals have not yet radiated fully into the variety of niches that constitute the mammalian adaptive zone . The time courses of change in the two groups begin , conceptually , with comparably gen- eralized ancestors , the first to ...
Pagina 444
... Mammals Real time Cenozoic Recent 3 Diagram illustrating the problem of comparing evolutionary rates in very different groups . ( A ) During the real time of the Cretaceous and Cenozoic , mammals as a group seem to have diverged ...
... Mammals Real time Cenozoic Recent 3 Diagram illustrating the problem of comparing evolutionary rates in very different groups . ( A ) During the real time of the Cretaceous and Cenozoic , mammals as a group seem to have diverged ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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