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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... taxa ) . For example , the Felidae ( cats ) and Apiaceae ( carrots and related plants ) are taxa in the category " family . " " Higher taxa " are those above the species level . Nomenclature - the application of names to species and higher ...
... taxa ) . For example , the Felidae ( cats ) and Apiaceae ( carrots and related plants ) are taxa in the category " family . " " Higher taxa " are those above the species level . Nomenclature - the application of names to species and higher ...
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... taxa ( C ) . The phenogram is constructed from the total number of character states shared by any pair of taxa ( D ) , whereas the cladogram is con- structed only from the derived character states ( marked by primes ) shared by pairs of ...
... taxa ( C ) . The phenogram is constructed from the total number of character states shared by any pair of taxa ( D ) , whereas the cladogram is con- structed only from the derived character states ( marked by primes ) shared by pairs of ...
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... taxa evolved by single saltational mutations : that the first bird , for example , hatched with essentially birdlike features from the egg of a typical reptile . Goldschmidt believed that neo - Darwin- ian processes accounted for ...
... taxa evolved by single saltational mutations : that the first bird , for example , hatched with essentially birdlike features from the egg of a typical reptile . Goldschmidt believed that neo - Darwin- ian processes accounted for ...
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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