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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... selection is known as KIN SELECTION ( Maynard Smith 1964 ) . The central theorem of kin selection , often known as " Hamilton's rule , " is that a kin - selected trait can increase in frequency if a¡ < Σrijb1j : if the trait's cost to ...
... selection is known as KIN SELECTION ( Maynard Smith 1964 ) . The central theorem of kin selection , often known as " Hamilton's rule , " is that a kin - selected trait can increase in frequency if a¡ < Σrijb1j : if the trait's cost to ...
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... kin selection may be viewed as consisting of two components ( Wade 1980a ) : individual selec- tion , which always opposes the evolution of altruism , and selection among fam- ilies or kin groups , which may favor it . Wade ( 1980b ) ...
... kin selection may be viewed as consisting of two components ( Wade 1980a ) : individual selec- tion , which always opposes the evolution of altruism , and selection among fam- ilies or kin groups , which may favor it . Wade ( 1980b ) ...
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... selection at each of these levels . There is considerable contro- versy about the prevalence of group - level ... Kin selection can explain the evolution of cooperative behavior among closely related individuals . How can we explain ...
... selection at each of these levels . There is considerable contro- versy about the prevalence of group - level ... Kin selection can explain the evolution of cooperative behavior among closely related individuals . How can we explain ...
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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