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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THE BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT : PREDATORS AND PREY All species serve as
food for some other species — a banal fact with the profound implication that
predation , parasitism , and disease are overwhelmingly important aspects of life
for all ...
THE BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT : PREDATORS AND PREY All species serve as
food for some other species — a banal fact with the profound implication that
predation , parasitism , and disease are overwhelmingly important aspects of life
for all ...
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For example , the warning calls that many birds emit when they see predators
approaching may benefit the flock , but not the individual who calls and thereby
attracts the predator's attention . How , then , could an allele that disposes its
bearer ...
For example , the warning calls that many birds emit when they see predators
approaching may benefit the flock , but not the individual who calls and thereby
attracts the predator's attention . How , then , could an allele that disposes its
bearer ...
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dP / dt = 0 Predator ( P ) dvidt = 0 Evolution of the predator isocline , as visualized
by Rosenzweig . A point in the space represents the number of predator
individuals P and prey individuals V. If V is low , the predator population declines
; if ...
dP / dt = 0 Predator ( P ) dvidt = 0 Evolution of the predator isocline , as visualized
by Rosenzweig . A point in the space represents the number of predator
individuals P and prey individuals V. If V is low , the predator population declines
; if ...
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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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adaptive advantageous alleles alterations ancestor 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 equal equilibrium evidence evolution evolutionary evolved example exist extinction factors females 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 proportion recombination relative reproduction response sexual similar single speciation species structure suggests theory tion variance vary
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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