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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... ancestor than they do with the orangutan ; this having been established , we may ask whether certain characteristics ... ancestors , and relatively DERIVED characteristics , which have undergone recent change . The large brain of humans ...
... ancestor than they do with the orangutan ; this having been established , we may ask whether certain characteristics ... ancestors , and relatively DERIVED characteristics , which have undergone recent change . The large brain of humans ...
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... ancestor of a more recent species , but rather is a related lineage that became extinct without issue . Therefore a derived character state may appear early in the fossil record , in an extinct lineage , while the related lineage ...
... ancestor of a more recent species , but rather is a related lineage that became extinct without issue . Therefore a derived character state may appear early in the fossil record , in an extinct lineage , while the related lineage ...
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... ancestor if a = 1 , but a different shape ( y greater relative to x ) if a > 1 ( Figure 14B ) . During its ontogeny , however , the descendant will pass through a juvenile stage in which its shape resembles the adult form of its ancestor ...
... ancestor if a = 1 , but a different shape ( y greater relative to x ) if a > 1 ( Figure 14B ) . During its ontogeny , however , the descendant will pass through a juvenile stage in which its shape resembles the adult form of its ancestor ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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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