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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... mutation rates are unlikely to be observed . The average rate of mutation seems to vary among organisms as well , being approximately 10-5 per locus per generation for higher animals and plants and 10-9 to 10-8 for microorganisms such ...
... mutation rates are unlikely to be observed . The average rate of mutation seems to vary among organisms as well , being approximately 10-5 per locus per generation for higher animals and plants and 10-9 to 10-8 for microorganisms such ...
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... mutation rate breaks down : Drosophila has almost 10 times as much DNA as Neurospora , but about the same rate of mutation per generation per base pair , resulting in a far higher total input of mutations . THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT MUTATION ...
... mutation rate breaks down : Drosophila has almost 10 times as much DNA as Neurospora , but about the same rate of mutation per generation per base pair , resulting in a far higher total input of mutations . THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT MUTATION ...
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... MUTATIONS How important is the process of mutation ? If there were no mutation , there would be no evolution ; but the question is more meaningful if we ask whether mutation rates , or the kinds of mutations that occur , commonly limit ...
... MUTATIONS How important is the process of mutation ? If there were no mutation , there would be no evolution ; but the question is more meaningful if we ask whether mutation rates , or the kinds of mutations that occur , commonly limit ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Evolutionary Biology |
| Autore | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| 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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