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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... appear to transpose via reverse transcription of their RNA transcript ; their structure resembles that of retrovirus DNA , and they appear to encode reverse transcriptase ( Baltimore 1985 ) . Transposable elements very frequently affect ...
... appear to transpose via reverse transcription of their RNA transcript ; their structure resembles that of retrovirus DNA , and they appear to encode reverse transcriptase ( Baltimore 1985 ) . Transposable elements very frequently affect ...
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... appear to undergo very rapid speciation , isolation appears to exist primarily at the premating level ; fertile interspecific hybrids can be obtained rather readily among the orchids , ducks , and cichlid fishes , for example ...
... appear to undergo very rapid speciation , isolation appears to exist primarily at the premating level ; fertile interspecific hybrids can be obtained rather readily among the orchids , ducks , and cichlid fishes , for example ...
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... appear to have become differentiated at this time . A mid - Cretaceous ( 100 Myr B.P. ) fossil , Sphecomyrma ( Figure 17 ) , signals the evolution of the ant family from wasps ; by the time ants are found in abundance , in Baltic amber ...
... appear to have become differentiated at this time . A mid - Cretaceous ( 100 Myr B.P. ) fossil , Sphecomyrma ( Figure 17 ) , signals the evolution of the ant family from wasps ; by the time ants are found in abundance , in Baltic amber ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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