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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... instance of the more general case . To the extent that some individuals leave more offspring than others , the future population will trace its ancestry to relatively few individuals . If k and σ2 are , respectively , the mean and the ...
... instance of the more general case . To the extent that some individuals leave more offspring than others , the future population will trace its ancestry to relatively few individuals . If k and σ2 are , respectively , the mean and the ...
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... instances , four rather than six functional legs . But there exist butterflies with functional forelegs , and the size and color of the wings vary gradually among species , from the dullest moths to the glamorous morphos . The most ...
... instances , four rather than six functional legs . But there exist butterflies with functional forelegs , and the size and color of the wings vary gradually among species , from the dullest moths to the glamorous morphos . The most ...
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... instances in which the properties of a protein are altered by changes in amino acid sequence . Divergence in the ... instance , has not only a generalized amidase , but the substrate - specific enzymes acetamidase and formamidase ...
... instances in which the properties of a protein are altered by changes in amino acid sequence . Divergence in the ... instance , has not only a generalized amidase , but the substrate - specific enzymes acetamidase and formamidase ...
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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