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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... ecological world . Chief among these are the internal relationships among biochemical and developmental pathways , and among different organs , that im- pose selection by requiring that new features be compatible with the rest of the ...
... ecological world . Chief among these are the internal relationships among biochemical and developmental pathways , and among different organs , that im- pose selection by requiring that new features be compatible with the rest of the ...
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... ecology and geology , for the an- swers to some biogeographic questions are more ecological and for others more historical . An understanding of present patterns of distribution depends strongly on a knowledge of historical changes in ...
... ecology and geology , for the an- swers to some biogeographic questions are more ecological and for others more historical . An understanding of present patterns of distribution depends strongly on a knowledge of historical changes in ...
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... ecological pro- cesses , therefore , may set a lower limit to the connectance of communities . Ecological theory predicts that specialized ecological relationships between mutualists or between predators and prey should be more ...
... ecological pro- cesses , therefore , may set a lower limit to the connectance of communities . Ecological theory predicts that specialized ecological relationships between mutualists or between predators and prey should be more ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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