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 164
... structure's function , as in wingless insects , chlorophyll - less parasitic plants , or legless snakes . In some instances the loss of a structure is clearly adaptive ; snakes can presumably move and burrow better without legs ...
... structure's function , as in wingless insects , chlorophyll - less parasitic plants , or legless snakes . In some instances the loss of a structure is clearly adaptive ; snakes can presumably move and burrow better without legs ...
Pagina 165
... structure's assumption of a new function may free other structures for different functions . Liem ( 1973 ) espouses this principle to account for the enormous adaptive radiation of the cichlid fishes , which vary greatly in the structure ...
... structure's assumption of a new function may free other structures for different functions . Liem ( 1973 ) espouses this principle to account for the enormous adaptive radiation of the cichlid fishes , which vary greatly in the structure ...
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... structure POPULATION STRUCTURE AND THE RATE OF EVOLUTION Wright ( 1931 ) was the first to consider the effect of population structure on the rate of evolution . He argued that the " optimal " population the structure that promotes the ...
... structure POPULATION STRUCTURE AND THE RATE OF EVOLUTION Wright ( 1931 ) was the first to consider the effect of population structure on the rate of evolution . He argued that the " optimal " population the structure that promotes the ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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AA AA adaptive advantageous alleles alterations ancestor animals appear arise associated average become behavior biological birds body bristle cause cent Chapter character characteristics chromosome common complex consists depends derived determined developmental differentiation direction Discuss distribution diversity dominant drift Drosophila ecological effect environment environmental enzyme equilibrium evidence evolution evolutionary evolved example exist extinction factors Figure fitness fossil function gene flow gene frequency genetic genetic variation genotypes geographic greater growth heterozygotes higher highly human hybrid important increase individuals insects instances interactions isolated kinds less loci locus major males mating mean mechanisms mutation natural selection occur offspring organisms origin patterns phenotypic plants Pleistocene polymorphic population possible predators present probability produce recombination relative reproduction response sexual similar single speciation species structure theory tion variance vary