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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... evidence or , just as often , new ways of viewing old evidence , forces us to reconsider entrenched ideas , to refine or abandon old hypotheses , to stay intellectually young . I have tried to convey the dynamic state of evolutionary ...
... evidence or , just as often , new ways of viewing old evidence , forces us to reconsider entrenched ideas , to refine or abandon old hypotheses , to stay intellectually young . I have tried to convey the dynamic state of evolutionary ...
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... evidence that all living things are monophyletic ( have a single origin ) . How do variations in the code in mitochondrial DNA affect this claim ? What evidence besides the genetic code argues for a monophyletic origin ? 2. What kind of ...
... evidence that all living things are monophyletic ( have a single origin ) . How do variations in the code in mitochondrial DNA affect this claim ? What evidence besides the genetic code argues for a monophyletic origin ? 2. What kind of ...
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... evidence that speciation is favored by small population size , although these patterns do not provide evidence that the founding event itself is crucial . Perhaps the best evidence comes from studies of the Drosophilidae of Hawaii ...
... evidence that speciation is favored by small population size , although these patterns do not provide evidence that the founding event itself is crucial . Perhaps the best evidence comes from studies of the Drosophilidae of Hawaii ...
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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