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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... direction , if not advance toward a goal , but neither direction nor goal are provided by the mechanisms of evolu- tion . Least of all , despite popular conceptions , can evolution be conceived of as being directed toward the emergence ...
... direction , if not advance toward a goal , but neither direction nor goal are provided by the mechanisms of evolu- tion . Least of all , despite popular conceptions , can evolution be conceived of as being directed toward the emergence ...
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... direction , intensity , and even the existence of selection at a locus depends on the environment and on the genetic milieu in which the locus functions . Thus no generalizations can be made about the strength of selection ; the concept ...
... direction , intensity , and even the existence of selection at a locus depends on the environment and on the genetic milieu in which the locus functions . Thus no generalizations can be made about the strength of selection ; the concept ...
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... direction of coiling in the snail Lymnaea peregra , but the gene acts by altering the cytoplasm of the egg so as to determine the direction of cleavage ; thus the coiling of progeny is determined entirely by the maternal genotype ( a ...
... direction of coiling in the snail Lymnaea peregra , but the gene acts by altering the cytoplasm of the egg so as to determine the direction of cleavage ; thus the coiling of progeny is determined entirely by the maternal genotype ( a ...
Sommario
CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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