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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... region that represents toler- able combinations of temperature , prey size , and salinity . To take into account other environmental factors we would have to draw many more axes ( which we can do only in imagination ) . We conceive of ...
... region that represents toler- able combinations of temperature , prey size , and salinity . To take into account other environmental factors we would have to draw many more axes ( which we can do only in imagination ) . We conceive of ...
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... region have a stable ( canalized ) number of digits ; if z lies in a threshold region , say T3 , digit number may be either 3 or 4. If zo is the initial population mean and lies in digit region 4 ( solid curve ) , most of the population ...
... region have a stable ( canalized ) number of digits ; if z lies in a threshold region , say T3 , digit number may be either 3 or 4. If zo is the initial population mean and lies in digit region 4 ( solid curve ) , most of the population ...
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... region , southern Australia , and southern Africa , but which is made up of a taxonomically distinct flora in each of these areas . Superficially similar jumping rodents have evolved in the deserts of North America ( kangaroo rats ...
... region , southern Australia , and southern Africa , but which is made up of a taxonomically distinct flora in each of these areas . Superficially similar jumping rodents have evolved in the deserts of North America ( kangaroo rats ...
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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