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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... cause proceeding , if they be in any way profitable to the individuals of a species , in their infinitely complex relations to other organic beings and to their physical conditions of life , will tend to the preservation of such ...
... cause proceeding , if they be in any way profitable to the individuals of a species , in their infinitely complex relations to other organic beings and to their physical conditions of life , will tend to the preservation of such ...
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... cause adaptive mutations and in this sense have importance in evolution , or they might invariably cause maladaptive mutations and in this sense be less important . What kinds of observations or experiments might cast light on whether ...
... cause adaptive mutations and in this sense have importance in evolution , or they might invariably cause maladaptive mutations and in this sense be less important . What kinds of observations or experiments might cast light on whether ...
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... cause mu- tations . Because they carry promoters for RNA transcription , they are thought occasionally to activate ... caused by insertion of transposable elements ( Rubin 1983 ) . Chromosome rearrangements such as inversions and ...
... cause mu- tations . Because they carry promoters for RNA transcription , they are thought occasionally to activate ... caused by insertion of transposable elements ( Rubin 1983 ) . Chromosome rearrangements such as inversions and ...
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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