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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... 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 ...
... 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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... biological populations , whether a feature changed grad- ually or intermittently , or even whether later fossils are direct descendants of an earlier population . Nevertheless , the broad outlines of human evolution are fairly clear ...
... biological populations , whether a feature changed grad- ually or intermittently , or even whether later fossils are direct descendants of an earlier population . Nevertheless , the broad outlines of human evolution are fairly clear ...
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... 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 different homes an average of 116 , and those who were returned to 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 different homes an average of 116 , and those who were returned to their ...
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adaptive adaptive radiation allele frequency allozyme Amer amino acid ancestor animals average behavior biological birds bristle number caused cells Chapter characters chromosome cladistic coefficient coevolution competition copies correlated deleterious developmental differentiation distribution divergence Dobzhansky Drosophila melanogaster ecological effect environment environmental enzyme equilibrium evidence evolutionary change evolved example extinction rate factors favor females Figure fitness fossil record function Futuyma gametes gene conversion gene flow gene frequencies genetic drift genetic variation genome genotypes geographic groups habitats heritability heterozygotes heterozygous higher taxa homozygotes homozygous host human hybrid inbreeding increase individual insects interactions Lewontin linkage disequilibrium loci locus males mammals mating mechanisms molecular morphological mutation natural selection nucleotide occur offspring organisms pairs parasites pattern phenotype phylogenetic phylogeny plants polymorphism predators prey proteins pseudogenes random recombination relative reproductive isolation sequence sexual similar speciation structure survival sympatric taxon theory tion trait transposable elements variable variance