Evolutionary BiologyCovers 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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Isolating mechanisms The biological characteristics that cause sympatric species to exist – i.e . , to maintain distinct gene pools — are usually called ISOLATING MECHANISMS , although this may be an unfortunate term because it suggests ...
Isolating mechanisms The biological characteristics that cause sympatric species to exist – i.e . , to maintain distinct gene pools — are usually called ISOLATING MECHANISMS , although this may be an unfortunate term because it suggests ...
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The preceding chapters have explored the genetic mechanisms of evolution within populations , and have demonstrated the numerous factors that cause populations of a species to diverge . If evolution consisted only of the mechanisms we ...
The preceding chapters have explored the genetic mechanisms of evolution within populations , and have demonstrated the numerous factors that cause populations of a species to diverge . If evolution consisted only of the mechanisms we ...
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The theory of neo - Darwinism is a theory of mechanisms . But it was erected to explain the existence of a history of evolutionary change . While the study of mechanism has held center stage , the study of history — through paleontology ...
The theory of neo - Darwinism is a theory of mechanisms . But it was erected to explain the existence of a history of evolutionary change . While the study of mechanism has held center stage , the study of history — through paleontology ...
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Sommario
CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
COMPLEX INTERACTIONS AMONG SPECIES | 34 |
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Evolutionary Biology |
| Autore | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Edizione | 2, illustrata |
| Editore | Sinauer Associates, 1986 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 27 gen 2010 |
| ISBN | 0878931880, 9780878931880 |
| Lunghezza | 600 pagine |
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