Evolutionary BiologyCovers 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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On the other hand , if a character state has evolved more than once - if it is possessed by two species but was not possessed by all the ancestors intervening between them and their most recent common ancestor - it exhibits HOMOPLASY .
On the other hand , if a character state has evolved more than once - if it is possessed by two species but was not possessed by all the ancestors intervening between them and their most recent common ancestor - it exhibits HOMOPLASY .
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Similar patterns of pigmentation have evolved repeatedly . ( A ) Tineidae and Tortricidae ; ( B ) Pyralidae ; ( C ) Arctiidae ; ( D ) Sphingidae ; ( E ) Noctuidae ; ( F ) Saturniidae ; ( G , H ) Geometridae ; ( I , K ) Nymphalidae .
Similar patterns of pigmentation have evolved repeatedly . ( A ) Tineidae and Tortricidae ; ( B ) Pyralidae ; ( C ) Arctiidae ; ( D ) Sphingidae ; ( E ) Noctuidae ; ( F ) Saturniidae ; ( G , H ) Geometridae ; ( I , K ) Nymphalidae .
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By what mechanisms have the differences among families , orders , classes , and phyla evolved ? Few other topics in evolution have been as endlessly debated , or as difficult to resolve . We are concerned with what is generally called ...
By what mechanisms have the differences among families , orders , classes , and phyla evolved ? Few other topics in evolution have been as endlessly debated , or as difficult to resolve . We are concerned with what is generally called ...
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Sommario
CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
COMPLEX INTERACTIONS AMONG SPECIES | 34 |
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Evolutionary Biology |
| Autore | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Edizione | 2, illustrata |
| Editore | Sinauer Associates, 1986 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 27 gen 2010 |
| ISBN | 0878931880, 9780878931880 |
| Lunghezza | 600 pagine |
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