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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... MAJOR REFERENCES The references at the end of each chapter usually include some that provide basic back- ground on the subject , but most are major works that provide a comprehensive treatment and an entry into the technical literature ...
... MAJOR REFERENCES The references at the end of each chapter usually include some that provide basic back- ground on the subject , but most are major works that provide a comprehensive treatment and an entry into the technical literature ...
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... MAJOR REFERENCES Hallam , A. ( editor ) . 1977. Patterns of evolution , as illustrated by the fossil record . Elsevier , Amsterdam . 591 pages . Highly informative , interpretive essays by many authors on the fossil record of particular ...
... MAJOR REFERENCES Hallam , A. ( editor ) . 1977. Patterns of evolution , as illustrated by the fossil record . Elsevier , Amsterdam . 591 pages . Highly informative , interpretive essays by many authors on the fossil record of particular ...
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... major new taxa in the past , such as bees and birds , must have filled many vacancies in the economy of nature . As I emphasized in Chapter 12 , however , it may be a very long time before such major taxa arise and fill the ecological ...
... major new taxa in the past , such as bees and birds , must have filled many vacancies in the economy of nature . As I emphasized in Chapter 12 , however , it may be a very long time before such major taxa arise and fill the ecological ...
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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