Evolutionary BiologyFutuyma (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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What are the mechanisms by which an organism develops and maintains itself ?
The other approach to biology is to ask , How and why has life come to be this
way ? How have these mechanisms come into being ? This question , of so much
...
What are the mechanisms by which an organism develops and maintains itself ?
The other approach to biology is to ask , How and why has life come to be this
way ? How have these mechanisms come into being ? This question , of so much
...
Pagina 192
Ecological isolation is one of several PREMATING ISOLATING MECHANISMS (
Table 1 ) that inhibit interbreeding . Species may be temporally isolated , as are
plants that have different flowering seasons ( see Grant and Grant 1964 ) or ...
Ecological isolation is one of several PREMATING ISOLATING MECHANISMS (
Table 1 ) that inhibit interbreeding . Species may be temporally isolated , as are
plants that have different flowering seasons ( see Grant and Grant 1964 ) or ...
Pagina 447
And permeating evolutionary biology is the recognition of our continuing
ignorance ( although we too seldom dare admit it ) of the mechanisms of
development , which when fully understood may change our views of the origin of
variation and ...
And permeating evolutionary biology is the recognition of our continuing
ignorance ( although we too seldom dare admit it ) of the mechanisms of
development , which when fully understood may change our views of the origin of
variation and ...
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Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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| Titolo | Evolutionary Biology |
| Autore | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Illustrato da | Sarah Landry |
| Edizione | illustrata |
| Editore | Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1979 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 23 feb 2010 |
| ISBN | 0878931996, 9780878931996 |
| Lunghezza | 565 pagine |
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