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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... variation they display is a consequence of the environment or of developmental noise . By this or other means , it is possible to describe the phenotypic variance ( V ) as the sum of the genetic variance ( VG ) and the environ- mental ...
... variation they display is a consequence of the environment or of developmental noise . By this or other means , it is possible to describe the phenotypic variance ( V ) as the sum of the genetic variance ( VG ) and the environ- mental ...
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... genetic variation within most pop- ulations , but nonrandom organization is generally not strongly pronounced . Dif- ferences in allele frequencies among populations of a species are the basis of geographic variation , which can take ...
... genetic variation within most pop- ulations , but nonrandom organization is generally not strongly pronounced . Dif- ferences in allele frequencies among populations of a species are the basis of geographic variation , which can take ...
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... variation is produced each generation by recombination . Extreme variants , however , will be rare . If the allele ... genetic variation includes phenotypes far more extreme than would actually be observed in any but the largest ...
... variation is produced each generation by recombination . Extreme variants , however , will be rare . If the allele ... genetic variation includes phenotypes far more extreme than would actually be observed in any but the largest ...
Sommario
CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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