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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... taxa in the category " family . " " Higher taxa " are those above the species level . Nomenclature - the application of names to species and higher taxa - is governed by purely legalistic sets of rules . For example , certain leaf ...
... taxa in the category " family . " " Higher taxa " are those above the species level . Nomenclature - the application of names to species and higher taxa - is governed by purely legalistic sets of rules . For example , certain leaf ...
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... higher taxa rather than species . A single gene pool may evolve into a new chronospecies , but all the members of a genus will not evolve in concert into another genus . However , the usage of higher taxa has problems too , for the ...
... higher taxa rather than species . A single gene pool may evolve into a new chronospecies , but all the members of a genus will not evolve in concert into another genus . However , the usage of higher taxa has problems too , for the ...
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... higher taxa evolved by single saltational mutations : that the first bird , for example , hatched with essentially birdlike features from the egg of a typical reptile . Goldschmidt believed that neo - Darwin- ian processes accounted for ...
... higher taxa evolved by single saltational mutations : that the first bird , for example , hatched with essentially birdlike features from the egg of a typical reptile . Goldschmidt believed that neo - Darwin- ian processes accounted for ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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