Evolutionary BiologyCovers 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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Africa and South America share cichlid and characid fishes , the gymnosperm family Podocarpaceae , and pelomedusid turtles . The genus Podocnemis ( Figure 4 ) in this family occurs in both South America and Madagascar !
Africa and South America share cichlid and characid fishes , the gymnosperm family Podocarpaceae , and pelomedusid turtles . The genus Podocnemis ( Figure 4 ) in this family occurs in both South America and Madagascar !
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The pipid frogs of South America and Africa are known from the Cretaceous of both continents . Marsupials surely originated on Gondwanaland and became isolated in South America and Australia ; early Tertiary marsupial fossils have been ...
The pipid frogs of South America and Africa are known from the Cretaceous of both continents . Marsupials surely originated on Gondwanaland and became isolated in South America and Australia ; early Tertiary marsupial fossils have been ...
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Only one of the caviomorph rodents , the porcupine Erethizon dorsatum , occurs in North America ; it is in a different genus from the South American porcupines , but it nevertheless clearly has a South American ancestry .
Only one of the caviomorph rodents , the porcupine Erethizon dorsatum , occurs in North America ; it is in a different genus from the South American porcupines , but it nevertheless clearly has a South American ancestry .
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
Chapter | 18 |
THE EFFECT OF DENSITY | 24 |
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Evolutionary Biology |
| Autore | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Edizione | 2, illustrata |
| Editore | Sinauer Associates, 1986 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 27 gen 2010 |
| ISBN | 0878931880, 9780878931880 |
| Lunghezza | 600 pagine |
| Esporta citazione | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |