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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... mechanisms of evolution , we will do well to survey the history of life , for several reasons . The past may be the key to the present , in that the mechanisms of evolution operate within a framework of historical constraints . Pat ...
... mechanisms of evolution , we will do well to survey the history of life , for several reasons . The past may be the key to the present , in that the mechanisms of evolution operate within a framework of historical constraints . Pat ...
Pagina 192
... mechanisms in animals 10 2 2 6 3D 7 40 08 50 D. 1. Mechanisms that prevent interspecific crosses ( premating mechanisms ) a . Potential mates do not meet ( seasonal and habitat isolation ) b . Potential mates meet but do not mate ...
... mechanisms in animals 10 2 2 6 3D 7 40 08 50 D. 1. Mechanisms that prevent interspecific crosses ( premating mechanisms ) a . Potential mates do not meet ( seasonal and habitat isolation ) b . Potential mates meet but do not mate ...
Pagina 447
... mechanisms remain " black boxes " whose precise operation we do not understand ; and the relative importance of the mechanisms we recognize will be subject to argument for a long time . Although I wish to emphasize how much of evolution ...
... mechanisms remain " black boxes " whose precise operation we do not understand ; and the relative importance of the mechanisms we recognize will be subject to argument for a long time . Although I wish to emphasize how much of evolution ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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