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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... POPULATION SIZE The rate of gene frequency change by genetic drift depends on the size of a population , not the total number of individuals that make up the species . But measuring the size of such local populations is not an easy task ...
... POPULATION SIZE The rate of gene frequency change by genetic drift depends on the size of a population , not the total number of individuals that make up the species . But measuring the size of such local populations is not an easy task ...
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... population's nadir , for the species is polygynous ; less than 20 per cent of the males service all the females ... POPULATION STRUCTURE AND THE RATE OF EVOLUTION Wright ( 1931 ) was the first to consider the effect of population ...
... population's nadir , for the species is polygynous ; less than 20 per cent of the males service all the females ... POPULATION STRUCTURE AND THE RATE OF EVOLUTION Wright ( 1931 ) was the first to consider the effect of population ...
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... population may entail not inbreeding , but phenotypic correlation among mates . Positive assortative mating , whereby individuals choose mates that are similar in one or more phenotypic features , can divide a population into two ...
... population may entail not inbreeding , but phenotypic correlation among mates . Positive assortative mating , whereby individuals choose mates that are similar in one or more phenotypic features , can divide a population into two ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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