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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... evidence or , just as often , new ways of viewing old evidence , forces us to reconsider entrenched ideas , to refine or abandon old hypotheses , to stay intellectually young . I have tried to convey the dynamic state of evolutionary ...
... evidence or , just as often , new ways of viewing old evidence , forces us to reconsider entrenched ideas , to refine or abandon old hypotheses , to stay intellectually young . I have tried to convey the dynamic state of evolutionary ...
Pagina 241
... evidence that speciation is favored by small population size , although these patterns do not provide evidence that the founding event itself is crucial . Perhaps the best evidence comes from studies of the Drosophilidae of Hawaii ...
... evidence that speciation is favored by small population size , although these patterns do not provide evidence that the founding event itself is crucial . Perhaps the best evidence comes from studies of the Drosophilidae of Hawaii ...
Pagina 323
... evidence of life is about 3.4 billion years old , so the time available for chemical processes to yield primitive life forms , in an earthly environment of which we have very imperfect knowledge , is about a thousand million years ...
... evidence of life is about 3.4 billion years old , so the time available for chemical processes to yield primitive life forms , in an earthly environment of which we have very imperfect knowledge , is about a thousand million years ...
Sommario
CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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