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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... individual consumes a resource and makes it unavailable to others ; the competing individuals may never actually meet . Com- petition by INTERFERENCE occurs when two individuals directly interact , and one loses the encounter . They may ...
... individual consumes a resource and makes it unavailable to others ; the competing individuals may never actually meet . Com- petition by INTERFERENCE occurs when two individuals directly interact , and one loses the encounter . They may ...
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... individuals mate may depend on their phenotypic char- acteristics . This has consequences that are discussed at the end of this chapter and again in Chapter 8 , which treats the origin of new species . The most common deviation from ...
... individuals mate may depend on their phenotypic char- acteristics . This has consequences that are discussed at the end of this chapter and again in Chapter 8 , which treats the origin of new species . The most common deviation from ...
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... individuals mate within a local NEIGHBORHOOD . The number of individuals in the neighborhood within which an individual is likely to mate approximately at random is 4πs2D , where D is the density of the population ( the number of ...
... individuals mate within a local NEIGHBORHOOD . The number of individuals in the neighborhood within which an individual is likely to mate approximately at random is 4πs2D , where D is the density of the population ( the number of ...
Sommario
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