Evolutionary BiologySinauer Associates, 1986 - 600 pagine Covers the genetic, developmental, and ecological mechanisms of evolutionary change, the major features of evolutionary history as revealed by phylogenetic and paleontological studies, and material on adaptation, molecular evolution, co-evolution, and human evolution. |
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... Pleistocene ( Stanley 1979 ) . Species of pup- fish ( Cyprinodon ) have developed in the Death Valley region since the extensive lakes that existed there in the Pleistocene became reduced to isolated springs 20,000-30,000 years ago ...
... Pleistocene ( Stanley 1979 ) . Species of pup- fish ( Cyprinodon ) have developed in the Death Valley region since the extensive lakes that existed there in the Pleistocene became reduced to isolated springs 20,000-30,000 years ago ...
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... Pleistocene epoch about two million years ago ; the last 10,000 years or so are referred to as the Recent or Holocene . Aside from genera that became extinct without issue , the Pleistocene biota consists of forms so similar to Recent ...
... Pleistocene epoch about two million years ago ; the last 10,000 years or so are referred to as the Recent or Holocene . Aside from genera that became extinct without issue , the Pleistocene biota consists of forms so similar to Recent ...
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... Pleistocene , and that not many species became extinct during the Pleistocene anyway . However , the Pleistocene glaciations are not the only important historical event . Not until the late Oligocene did the present pronounced ...
... Pleistocene , and that not many species became extinct during the Pleistocene anyway . However , the Pleistocene glaciations are not the only important historical event . Not until the late Oligocene did the present pronounced ...
Sommario
CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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