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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... predators . Predation may be " good " for a prey population by preventing it from becoming extinct by overexploiting its resources , but predation is not good for the individuals that suffer it . THE BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT : PREDATORS AND ...
... predators . Predation may be " good " for a prey population by preventing it from becoming extinct by overexploiting its resources , but predation is not good for the individuals that suffer it . THE BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT : PREDATORS AND ...
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... predator - prey combinations are unstable , other combinations persist for any of several reasons . Predators are often unable to find all the potential prey , some of which remain inaccessible . A prey species may survive through ...
... predator - prey combinations are unstable , other combinations persist for any of several reasons . Predators are often unable to find all the potential prey , some of which remain inaccessible . A prey species may survive through ...
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... predator - prey systems is one of the topics discussed in Chapter 16 . Parasitism Most species are resources not only for predators , but for parasitic species of microbes , fungi , or animals . The ecology of parasites has been ...
... predator - prey systems is one of the topics discussed in Chapter 16 . Parasitism Most species are resources not only for predators , but for parasitic species of microbes , fungi , or animals . The ecology of parasites has been ...
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adaptive adaptive radiation allele frequency allozyme Amer amino acid ancestor animals average behavior biological birds bristle number caused cells Chapter characters chromosome cladistic coefficient coevolution competition copies correlated deleterious developmental differentiation distribution divergence Dobzhansky Drosophila melanogaster ecological effect environment environmental enzyme equilibrium evidence evolutionary change evolved example extinction rate factors favor females Figure fitness fossil record function Futuyma gametes gene conversion gene flow gene frequencies genetic drift genetic variation genome genotypes geographic groups habitats heritability heterozygotes heterozygous higher taxa homozygotes homozygous host human hybrid inbreeding increase individual insects interactions Lewontin linkage disequilibrium loci locus males mammals mating mechanisms molecular morphological mutation natural selection nucleotide occur offspring organisms pairs parasites pattern phenotype phylogenetic phylogeny plants polymorphism predators prey proteins pseudogenes random recombination relative reproductive isolation sequence sexual similar speciation structure survival sympatric taxon theory tion trait transposable elements variable variance