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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Species vary in how long they persist before they become extinct , and some
species undergo speciation more rapidly than others . Hence just as alleles differ
in their rates of survival and reproduction , different groups of species vary in their
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Species vary in how long they persist before they become extinct , and some
species undergo speciation more rapidly than others . Hence just as alleles differ
in their rates of survival and reproduction , different groups of species vary in their
...
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The flowering time of a plant can vary due to differences in climate ; the color
pattern of a bird or fish is affected by many factors besides the preferences of
sexual partners ; the properties of an effective vocal communication are affected
by the ...
The flowering time of a plant can vary due to differences in climate ; the color
pattern of a bird or fish is affected by many factors besides the preferences of
sexual partners ; the properties of an effective vocal communication are affected
by the ...
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SUMMARY Many or most of a species ' characteristics vary from one population
to another ; even the characteristics that define species vary geographically , so
that species are often hard to delimit . A characteristic's pattern of variation is
often ...
SUMMARY Many or most of a species ' characteristics vary from one population
to another ; even the characteristics that define species vary geographically , so
that species are often hard to delimit . A characteristic's pattern of variation is
often ...
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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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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
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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