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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... relative population size of Masai vs. Ituri pygmies ) , or of large vs. small individuals within a single population of a species . 2. The form of the frequency distribution remains constant over time if there is perfect heredity and if ...
... relative population size of Masai vs. Ituri pygmies ) , or of large vs. small individuals within a single population of a species . 2. The form of the frequency distribution remains constant over time if there is perfect heredity and if ...
Pagina 172
... relative to the time of reproductive matur- ation ( adulthood ) . This can occur if natural selection favors the earlier expression of genes which in the ancestor are expressed only late in development ( Stebbins 1974 ) . For example ...
... relative to the time of reproductive matur- ation ( adulthood ) . This can occur if natural selection favors the earlier expression of genes which in the ancestor are expressed only late in development ( Stebbins 1974 ) . For example ...
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... RELATIVE FITNESSES of the various genotypes , their relative rates of increase at any time ( Chapter 12 ) . Since the fitnesses are relative , it is convenient to set the fitness of the most fit genotype equal to 1. Then the relative ...
... RELATIVE FITNESSES of the various genotypes , their relative rates of increase at any time ( Chapter 12 ) . Since the fitnesses are relative , it is convenient to set the fitness of the most fit genotype equal to 1. Then the relative ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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