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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... theory " and as such should share the stage equally with other theories of the origin of biological diversity , such as creation . This stand is based on a misunderstanding of what biologists mean by evolutionary theory , or what ...
... theory " and as such should share the stage equally with other theories of the origin of biological diversity , such as creation . This stand is based on a misunderstanding of what biologists mean by evolutionary theory , or what ...
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... theory of population genetics , first developed by R. A. Fisher , J. B. S. Haldane , and Sewall Wright , that specifies mathemat- ically which evolutionary events are possible , how fast genetic change can occur , what forces govern ...
... theory of population genetics , first developed by R. A. Fisher , J. B. S. Haldane , and Sewall Wright , that specifies mathemat- ically which evolutionary events are possible , how fast genetic change can occur , what forces govern ...
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... theory , for both theories are so immensely flexible that they can explain almost anything , and the critical parameters of the theories , especially effective population size , are almost unmeasurable . Lewontin ( 1974 , especially pp ...
... theory , for both theories are so immensely flexible that they can explain almost anything , and the critical parameters of the theories , especially effective population size , are almost unmeasurable . Lewontin ( 1974 , especially pp ...
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A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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