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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Opponents of evolution often maintain , moreover , that it is merely a " theory ” and as such should share the stage equally with other theories of the origin of biological diversity , such as creation .
Opponents of evolution often maintain , moreover , that it is merely a " theory ” and as such should share the stage equally with other theories of the origin of biological diversity , such as creation .
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The statistically predictable segregation of genes in meiosis has enabled the development of a highly sophisticated theory of population genetics , first developed by R. A. Fisher , J. B. S. Haldane , and Sewall Wright , that specifies ...
The statistically predictable segregation of genes in meiosis has enabled the development of a highly sophisticated theory of population genetics , first developed by R. A. Fisher , J. B. S. Haldane , and Sewall Wright , that specifies ...
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But almost any observation can be construed as compatible with either theory , for both theories are so immensely flexible that they can explain almost anything , and the critical parameters of the theories , especially effective ...
But almost any observation can be construed as compatible with either theory , for both theories are so immensely flexible that they can explain almost anything , and the critical parameters of the theories , especially effective ...
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The Origin and Impact of Evolutionary Thought | 3 |
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
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adaptive advantageous alleles alterations ancestor 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 equal equilibrium evidence evolution evolutionary evolved example exist extinction factors females 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 proportion recombination relative reproduction response sexual similar single speciation species structure suggests theory tion variance vary
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| 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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