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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... complex than a general model can include , the models do not predict future events in detail ; the equations of population genetics do not predict the detailed evolutionary path of a population any more than the equations of physics can ...
... complex than a general model can include , the models do not predict future events in detail ; the equations of population genetics do not predict the detailed evolutionary path of a population any more than the equations of physics can ...
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... complex to be summarized here ( see Lewin 1985 , Chapter 3 ) . GENE STRUCTURE To a first approximation , one may think of a gene as a DNA sequence that is transcribed into an RNA transcript that codes for a single polypeptide . But ...
... complex to be summarized here ( see Lewin 1985 , Chapter 3 ) . GENE STRUCTURE To a first approximation , one may think of a gene as a DNA sequence that is transcribed into an RNA transcript that codes for a single polypeptide . But ...
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... complex systems possible . The difference in the length of a leg between two vertebrates can be described in terms of differences in the dimensions of bones , muscles , blood vessels , and nerves - but the individuals do not differ at ...
... complex systems possible . The difference in the length of a leg between two vertebrates can be described in terms of differences in the dimensions of bones , muscles , blood vessels , and nerves - but the individuals do not differ at ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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