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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Douglas J. Futuyma. Natural selection is the central principle of evolutionary theory and is indeed one of the most pervasive concepts in all ... selection is the central concept in evolutionary biology . 291 The Nature of Natural Selection.
Douglas J. Futuyma. Natural selection is the central principle of evolutionary theory and is indeed one of the most pervasive concepts in all ... selection is the central concept in evolutionary biology . 291 The Nature of Natural Selection.
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Douglas J. Futuyma. Are God and Nature then at strife , That Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she ... natural selection does not adhere . SUMMARY Natural selection consists of differences in survival and reproduction ...
Douglas J. Futuyma. Are God and Nature then at strife , That Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she ... natural selection does not adhere . SUMMARY Natural selection consists of differences in survival and reproduction ...
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... natural selection cannot prepare a population for future events , how can we explain cases of apparent foresight , such as the southward migration of birds before the onset of cold weather ? 4 Fisher's ... NATURE OF NATURAL SELECTION 311.
... natural selection cannot prepare a population for future events , how can we explain cases of apparent foresight , such as the southward migration of birds before the onset of cold weather ? 4 Fisher's ... NATURE OF NATURAL SELECTION 311.
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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AA AA adaptive advantageous alleles alterations ancestor animals appear arise associated average become behavior biological birds body bristle cause cent Chapter character characteristics chromosome common complex consists depends derived determined developmental differentiation direction Discuss distribution diversity dominant drift Drosophila ecological effect environment environmental enzyme equilibrium evidence evolution evolutionary evolved example exist extinction factors Figure fitness fossil function gene flow gene frequency genetic genetic variation genotypes geographic greater growth heterozygotes higher highly human hybrid important increase individuals insects instances interactions isolated kinds less loci locus major males mating mean mechanisms mutation natural selection occur offspring organisms origin patterns phenotypic plants Pleistocene polymorphic population possible predators present probability produce recombination relative reproduction response sexual similar single speciation species structure theory tion variance vary
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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