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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Pagina 61
... predators and pathogens and to capture , as food , species that have evolved elaborate capabilities of escape and defense . In many cases predator - prey interactions are unstable and result in extinction . A predatory South American ...
... predators and pathogens and to capture , as food , species that have evolved elaborate capabilities of escape and defense . In many cases predator - prey interactions are unstable and result in extinction . A predatory South American ...
Pagina 302
... 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 to such an altruistic act increase in frequency and not ...
... 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 to such an altruistic act increase in frequency and not ...
Pagina 461
... predator individuals P and prey individuals V. If V is low , the predator population declines ; if high , it increases . Therefore there is a value V = J at which the predator population does not change ( dP / dt = 0 ) . Similarly the ...
... predator individuals P and prey individuals V. If V is low , the predator population declines ; if high , it increases . Therefore there is a value V = J at which the predator population does not change ( dP / dt = 0 ) . Similarly the ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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