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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... fossil record is used to calibrate the " clock , " which can then be used to estimate the time since divergence for pairs of taxa that have an inadequate fossil record ( see Chapter 10 ) . Some workers claim , in contrast , that ...
... fossil record is used to calibrate the " clock , " which can then be used to estimate the time since divergence for pairs of taxa that have an inadequate fossil record ( see Chapter 10 ) . Some workers claim , in contrast , that ...
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... fossil record of life . These facts raise numerous questions of interpretation , some of which are treated in the following chapter . FOR DISCUSSION AND THOUGHT 1. " Living fossils " such ... fossil record provides no The Fossil Record 343.
... fossil record of life . These facts raise numerous questions of interpretation , some of which are treated in the following chapter . FOR DISCUSSION AND THOUGHT 1. " Living fossils " such ... fossil record provides no The Fossil Record 343.
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... EVIDENCE USED IN HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY : SYSTEMATICS In the absence of an adequate fossil record , the history of a group's present distribution can often , although not always , be inferred from phylogenetic anal- ysis . In the past ...
... EVIDENCE USED IN HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY : SYSTEMATICS In the absence of an adequate fossil record , the history of a group's present distribution can often , although not always , be inferred from phylogenetic anal- ysis . In the past ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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