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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... kind adhere more strongly to each other than to other kinds of cells - a phenomenon that is important in governing form . In response to stimuli that are generally not well understood , cells may move as groups — as in gastrulation — or ...
... kind adhere more strongly to each other than to other kinds of cells - a phenomenon that is important in governing form . In response to stimuli that are generally not well understood , cells may move as groups — as in gastrulation — or ...
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... kinds of observations or experiments might cast light on whether or not they cause adaptive mutations ? 8. How can one account for the homogeneity of repetitive sequences of DNA ? 9. The proximate causes of many developmental phenomena ...
... kinds of observations or experiments might cast light on whether or not they cause adaptive mutations ? 8. How can one account for the homogeneity of repetitive sequences of DNA ? 9. The proximate causes of many developmental phenomena ...
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... kinds of potential food . The model is frequency independent because it assumes that the optimum for an individual forager is not affected by what other members of the population are eating ( as it might be if they depleted the food ...
... kinds of potential food . The model is frequency independent because it assumes that the optimum for an individual forager is not affected by what other members of the population are eating ( as it might be if they depleted the food ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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