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 71
... similar regions of California and Chile supports surpris- ingly convergent bird faunas ( Figure 14 ) , made up of unrelated species that are similar in both morphology and feeding behavior . Much of the effort of community ecologists ...
... similar regions of California and Chile supports surpris- ingly convergent bird faunas ( Figure 14 ) , made up of unrelated species that are similar in both morphology and feeding behavior . Much of the effort of community ecologists ...
Pagina 142
... similar but not identical structures that evolved inde- pendently , probably on different genetic bases , in the two ... similar in name than in structure . ( Wings of birds and bats are similar insofar as they are modified ...
... similar but not identical structures that evolved inde- pendently , probably on different genetic bases , in the two ... similar in name than in structure . ( Wings of birds and bats are similar insofar as they are modified ...
Pagina 441
... similar or identical recognition sites , since they interact with the same derepressor . If these sites are nucleotide sequences , each such sequence must be repeated at several or many places in the genome , and most if not all unique ...
... similar or identical recognition sites , since they interact with the same derepressor . If these sites are nucleotide sequences , each such sequence must be repeated at several or many places in the genome , and most if not all unique ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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