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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... differentiation among populations and species to infer the course of evolutionary change . Such observations have indicated that evolution is generally a gradual process , for differences among populations range from the immeasurably ...
... differentiation among populations and species to infer the course of evolutionary change . Such observations have indicated that evolution is generally a gradual process , for differences among populations range from the immeasurably ...
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... differentiation can become more pronounced after reproductive isolation is attained . Among populations and spe- cies in the Drosophila willistoni complex , for example , there is progressively greater differentiation in allele ...
... differentiation can become more pronounced after reproductive isolation is attained . Among populations and spe- cies in the Drosophila willistoni complex , for example , there is progressively greater differentiation in allele ...
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... Differentiated structures sometimes , although rarely , become more ho- mogeneous during evolution ; for example , the teeth of toothed whales , unlike those of most other mammals , are homogeneous in form . Differentiation of seri ...
... Differentiated structures sometimes , although rarely , become more ho- mogeneous during evolution ; for example , the teeth of toothed whales , unlike those of most other mammals , are homogeneous in form . Differentiation of seri ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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