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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... evolutionary change . Such observations have indicated that evolution is generally a gradual process , for differences among populations range from the immeasurably small , through varying degrees of differentiation , to levels of ...
... evolutionary change . Such observations have indicated that evolution is generally a gradual process , for differences among populations range from the immeasurably small , through varying degrees of differentiation , to levels of ...
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... change . To ex- plain the pattern , they invoked Mayr's theory ( 1954 ) of peripatric speciation ( Chapter 8 ) , and proposed that most evolutionary change transpires rapidly in small , localized populations in concert with the ...
... change . To ex- plain the pattern , they invoked Mayr's theory ( 1954 ) of peripatric speciation ( Chapter 8 ) , and proposed that most evolutionary change transpires rapidly in small , localized populations in concert with the ...
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... evolution . The theory of neo - Darwinism is a theory of mechanisms . But it was erected to explain the existence of a history of evolutionary change . While the study of mechanism has held center stage , the study of history - through ...
... evolution . The theory of neo - Darwinism is a theory of mechanisms . But it was erected to explain the existence of a history of evolutionary change . While the study of mechanism has held center stage , the study of history - through ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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