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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... example , appears to specify the position and form of the developing digits . Such a gradient in an inducing substance is an example of a PREPATTERN : a spatial arrangement of chemical factors that determine the spatial organization of ...
... example , appears to specify the position and form of the developing digits . Such a gradient in an inducing substance is an example of a PREPATTERN : a spatial arrangement of chemical factors that determine the spatial organization of ...
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... example , if we are told that in one generation the mean wing length in a bird population increased from 67.7 to 69.2 mm , we do not know whether we should be impressed or not . But if the phenotypic variance is 0.25 mm2 , the standard ...
... example , if we are told that in one generation the mean wing length in a bird population increased from 67.7 to 69.2 mm , we do not know whether we should be impressed or not . But if the phenotypic variance is 0.25 mm2 , the standard ...
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... example , numerous families of ammonoids appear to have evolved within perhaps only 7 or 8 Myr from only a few genera that survived the mass extinction at the end of the Permian ( Stanley 1979 ) . Some of the most rapid examples of ...
... example , numerous families of ammonoids appear to have evolved within perhaps only 7 or 8 Myr from only a few genera that survived the mass extinction at the end of the Permian ( Stanley 1979 ) . Some of the most rapid examples of ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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