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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7 One of many mechanisms that promote outcrossing in plants . In the flower of
Salvia nodosa the pistil is at first exposed to pollinators and the stamens are
reflexed ( left ) . Later ( right ) the pistil becomes less accessible , and the
stamens are ...
7 One of many mechanisms that promote outcrossing in plants . In the flower of
Salvia nodosa the pistil is at first exposed to pollinators and the stamens are
reflexed ( left ) . Later ( right ) the pistil becomes less accessible , and the
stamens are ...
Pagina 463
The advantage to any one plant of diverging in its defense properties , however ,
is greater if it can “ hide ” in the midst of ... Perhaps for this reason plants in locally
diverse vegetation communities are chemically more different from one another ...
The advantage to any one plant of diverging in its defense properties , however ,
is greater if it can “ hide ” in the midst of ... Perhaps for this reason plants in locally
diverse vegetation communities are chemically more different from one another ...
Pagina 464
Divergence among plants and the acquisition of specialized defenses should
lower the diversity of associated insects ; adaptation ... An insect may enlarge its
diet if its host is physically proximate to another plant with similar defense
properties ...
Divergence among plants and the acquisition of specialized defenses should
lower the diversity of associated insects ; adaptation ... An insect may enlarge its
diet if its host is physically proximate to another plant with similar defense
properties ...
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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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Informazioni bibliografiche
| 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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