Evolutionary BiologyCovers 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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THE BIOLOGICAL SPECIES CONCEPT The term “ species ” refers both to a
taxonomic category and to a biological concept ( Chapter 4 ) . Very often , but not
always , taxonomic species are equivalent to biological species . But in reading
the ...
THE BIOLOGICAL SPECIES CONCEPT The term “ species ” refers both to a
taxonomic category and to a biological concept ( Chapter 4 ) . Very often , but not
always , taxonomic species are equivalent to biological species . But in reading
the ...
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Sample sizes are usually insufficient to tell whether two fossils are individual
variants of the same population or members of different biological populations ,
whether a feature changed gradually or intermittently , or even whether later
fossils ...
Sample sizes are usually insufficient to tell whether two fossils are individual
variants of the same population or members of different biological populations ,
whether a feature changed gradually or intermittently , or even whether later
fossils ...
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In one study , adopted children had a mean IQ score of 117 while that of their
biological mothers was only 86 ( Skodak and Skeels 1949 ) ; in another , children
who remained in their homes had an average IQ score of 107 , those adopted
into ...
In one study , adopted children had a mean IQ score of 117 while that of their
biological mothers was only 86 ( Skodak and Skeels 1949 ) ; in another , children
who remained in their homes had an average IQ score of 107 , those adopted
into ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
COMPLEX INTERACTIONS AMONG SPECIES | 34 |
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Evolutionary Biology |
| Autore | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Edizione | 2, illustrata |
| Editore | Sinauer Associates, 1986 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 27 gen 2010 |
| ISBN | 0878931880, 9780878931880 |
| Lunghezza | 600 pagine |
| Esporta citazione | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |