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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... sometimes have identical structure ( Carson 1970 ) . However , chro- mosomes of different species sometimes fail to pair properly in hybrids even when no structural differences can be discerned , perhaps because of submicros- copic ...
... sometimes have identical structure ( Carson 1970 ) . However , chro- mosomes of different species sometimes fail to pair properly in hybrids even when no structural differences can be discerned , perhaps because of submicros- copic ...
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... sometimes rancorous controversy among several schools of thought . CONTENDING SCHOOLS OF SYSTEMATICS Most , although not all , taxonomists agree that classification should somehow reflect evolutionary history , but this means different ...
... sometimes rancorous controversy among several schools of thought . CONTENDING SCHOOLS OF SYSTEMATICS Most , although not all , taxonomists agree that classification should somehow reflect evolutionary history , but this means different ...
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... sometimes be a vexing problem : How do we know that the characters of two species are homologous , that is , that they have been derived ( with modification ) from a characteristic in a common ancestor ? Sometimes this is easy ; it is ...
... sometimes be a vexing problem : How do we know that the characters of two species are homologous , that is , that they have been derived ( with modification ) from a characteristic in a common ancestor ? Sometimes this is easy ; it is ...
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