Evolutionary BiologyFutuyma (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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Even more rapid speciation is known among insects . At least five endemic
species of the moth genus Hedylepta in the Hawaiian Islands feed exclusively on
banana , and they are distinguishable in many morphological features from their
...
Even more rapid speciation is known among insects . At least five endemic
species of the moth genus Hedylepta in the Hawaiian Islands feed exclusively on
banana , and they are distinguishable in many morphological features from their
...
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of speciation may be slow , but in quite a few cases speciation has been
accomplished in a few thousand generations , or even far less . It is during the
process of speciation that shifts in ecological role are often accomplished ,
especially when ...
of speciation may be slow , but in quite a few cases speciation has been
accomplished in a few thousand generations , or even far less . It is during the
process of speciation that shifts in ecological role are often accomplished ,
especially when ...
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to determine how frequently speciation entails major ecological shifts and how
often newly formed species have only slightly altered ecological roles . Does
speciation lead to adaptive breakthroughs , to quantum evolution , with any great
...
to determine how frequently speciation entails major ecological shifts and how
often newly formed species have only slightly altered ecological roles . Does
speciation lead to adaptive breakthroughs , to quantum evolution , with any great
...
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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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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Evolutionary Biology |
| Autore | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Illustrato da | Sarah Landry |
| Edizione | illustrata |
| Editore | Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1979 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 23 feb 2010 |
| ISBN | 0878931996, 9780878931996 |
| Lunghezza | 565 pagine |
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