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 129
... rate of change of body size in the group as a whole depends on how frequently speciation takes place . If we had fossils only of A and E , the measurable rate of evolution would be greater than if E had never arisen and we had fossils ...
... rate of change of body size in the group as a whole depends on how frequently speciation takes place . If we had fossils only of A and E , the measurable rate of evolution would be greater than if E had never arisen and we had fossils ...
Pagina 130
... rate of phenotypic change must suffice . The pro- portional rate of change must be calculated if evolutionary rates in organisms of different average sizes are to be compared . Haldane ( 1949 ) proposed the DARWIN as a measure of ...
... rate of phenotypic change must suffice . The pro- portional rate of change must be calculated if evolutionary rates in organisms of different average sizes are to be compared . Haldane ( 1949 ) proposed the DARWIN as a measure of ...
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... RATES OF EVOLUTION What determines the rate of evolution over long periods of time ? The traditional answer focuses on the relation between the amount of ge- netic variation and the rate of change in the environment . If the en ...
... RATES OF EVOLUTION What determines the rate of evolution over long periods of time ? The traditional answer focuses on the relation between the amount of ge- netic variation and the rate of change in the environment . If the en ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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