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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... tion of evolution of a characteristic . These problems can be overcome in many instances , however , thus making it possible to identify characters that change very slowly and those that change rapidly ; some that reverse direction ...
... tion of evolution of a characteristic . These problems can be overcome in many instances , however , thus making it possible to identify characters that change very slowly and those that change rapidly ; some that reverse direction ...
Pagina 369
... tion , especially when natural selection , in the form of hard rather than soft selection ( Chapter 13 ) , acts by the survival of only those individuals that possess a specific state of some characteristic . Natural selec- tion for ...
... tion , especially when natural selection , in the form of hard rather than soft selection ( Chapter 13 ) , acts by the survival of only those individuals that possess a specific state of some characteristic . Natural selec- tion for ...
Pagina 408
... tion proceeds . Stebbins and Daly ( 1961 ) describe a population of sun- flowers in which the species Helianthus annuus and H. bolanderi began hybridizing along a road in 1941. Morphological analysis of samples taken every year from ...
... tion proceeds . Stebbins and Daly ( 1961 ) describe a population of sun- flowers in which the species Helianthus annuus and H. bolanderi began hybridizing along a road in 1941. Morphological analysis of samples taken every year from ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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