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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... pattern ; after a few encounters with such distasteful organisms , naive predators quickly associate the color pattern with their unpleasant experience and refrain from attacking such prey for some time . Aposematically colored species ...
... pattern ; after a few encounters with such distasteful organisms , naive predators quickly associate the color pattern with their unpleasant experience and refrain from attacking such prey for some time . Aposematically colored species ...
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... pattern from those that feed on citrus ; there is some evidence that each pattern provides better cryptic protection against predators on one or the other plant . In several species of African mosquitoes , apparently conspecific strains ...
... pattern from those that feed on citrus ; there is some evidence that each pattern provides better cryptic protection against predators on one or the other plant . In several species of African mosquitoes , apparently conspecific strains ...
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... pattern of stripes will develop ; as the field size increases , a two - dimensional pattern of spots emerges ( Figure 26 ) . Thus on a surface with a tapering cylindrical form , such as a leg or a tail , spots may develop in the thick ...
... pattern of stripes will develop ; as the field size increases , a two - dimensional pattern of spots emerges ( Figure 26 ) . Thus on a surface with a tapering cylindrical form , such as a leg or a tail , spots may develop in the thick ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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