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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... groups of fishes ( Echelle and Kornfield 1984 ) . In one case , finally , a new biological species has arisen spontaneously in a laboratory . A strain of Drosophila paulistorum when first collected was interfertile with other strains ...
... groups of fishes ( Echelle and Kornfield 1984 ) . In one case , finally , a new biological species has arisen spontaneously in a laboratory . A strain of Drosophila paulistorum when first collected was interfertile with other strains ...
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... group selection . In contrast , group selection can be strong when it results from differential productivity of groups . For example , D.S. Wilson ( 1980 ) , among others , has advanced a model in which small groups of individuals ( TRAIT ...
... group selection . In contrast , group selection can be strong when it results from differential productivity of groups . For example , D.S. Wilson ( 1980 ) , among others , has advanced a model in which small groups of individuals ( TRAIT ...
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... groups moved in which direction , but similar con- clusions may be drawn from the relationships among living taxa . The northern groups that moved into South America include rabbits , squir- rels , cricetid rodents , bears , mustelids ...
... groups moved in which direction , but similar con- clusions may be drawn from the relationships among living taxa . The northern groups that moved into South America include rabbits , squir- rels , cricetid rodents , bears , mustelids ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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