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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... present state of affairs . Just as a political scientist cannot explain the present patterns of national boundaries or of tensions among peoples without reference to the history of , say , colonialism , a biologist may require a ...
... present state of affairs . Just as a political scientist cannot explain the present patterns of national boundaries or of tensions among peoples without reference to the history of , say , colonialism , a biologist may require a ...
Pagina 107
... present . Why , for example , is the diversity of most groups of organisms greater in the tropics than at higher latitudes ? Why are lungfishes found in South America , Africa , and Australia , but not elsewhere ? These are among the ...
... present . Why , for example , is the diversity of most groups of organisms greater in the tropics than at higher latitudes ? Why are lungfishes found in South America , Africa , and Australia , but not elsewhere ? These are among the ...
Pagina 154
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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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