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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... function is often said to have been a PRE- ADAPTATION . This does not mean that it evolved in anticipation of future need ( Bock 1959 ) , but merely that its function has changed more rapidly than its structure . The kea ( Nestor ...
... function is often said to have been a PRE- ADAPTATION . This does not mean that it evolved in anticipation of future need ( Bock 1959 ) , but merely that its function has changed more rapidly than its structure . The kea ( Nestor ...
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... function by interrupting the coding se- quence or a control region . Many of the classical mutations in Drosophila , such as bithorax and various mutations of the white locus that affects eye color , are caused by insertion of ...
... function by interrupting the coding se- quence or a control region . Many of the classical mutations in Drosophila , such as bithorax and various mutations of the white locus that affects eye color , are caused by insertion of ...
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... function , but in other cases domains that arose by exon duplication have diverged . The immunoglobulins ( antibodies ) of vertebrates are complex molecules that recognize and bind to foreign molecules ( antigens ) . Antigen rec ...
... function , but in other cases domains that arose by exon duplication have diverged . The immunoglobulins ( antibodies ) of vertebrates are complex molecules that recognize and bind to foreign molecules ( antigens ) . Antigen rec ...
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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