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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... species have a profound impact on the distribution and population dynamics of others simply through their physical ... number of species ( species diversity ) in communities , and whether there exist forces that organize communities into ...
... species have a profound impact on the distribution and population dynamics of others simply through their physical ... number of species ( species diversity ) in communities , and whether there exist forces that organize communities into ...
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... number of species S on the island increases as new species immigrate and de- creases as species already present become ex- tinct . When the rates of immigration ( I ) and extinction ( E ) are equal ( where the curves cross ) , the ...
... number of species S on the island increases as new species immigrate and de- creases as species already present become ex- tinct . When the rates of immigration ( I ) and extinction ( E ) are equal ( where the curves cross ) , the ...
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... Number of species ( or genera ) S › Time FIGURE 1 Number of species ( or genera ) ( A ) Both the number of new species ( or genera , or higher taxa ) originating per unit time and the number of extinctions per unit time must increase as the ...
... Number of species ( or genera ) S › Time FIGURE 1 Number of species ( or genera ) ( A ) Both the number of new species ( or genera , or higher taxa ) originating per unit time and the number of extinctions per unit time must increase as the ...
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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