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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... adaptive radiation Beginning with Darwin , biologists have invoked competition as an important force affecting the diversification of species . On the one hand , competitors may prevent a species from evolving to use a particular ...
... adaptive radiation Beginning with Darwin , biologists have invoked competition as an important force affecting the diversification of species . On the one hand , competitors may prevent a species from evolving to use a particular ...
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... adaptive landscape of the kind described by Sewall Wright ( Figure 13 in Chapter 6 ) . The genetic theories of how populations come to occupy different , incompatible adaptive peaks are of two major kinds ( Figure 6 ) . One class of ...
... adaptive landscape of the kind described by Sewall Wright ( Figure 13 in Chapter 6 ) . The genetic theories of how populations come to occupy different , incompatible adaptive peaks are of two major kinds ( Figure 6 ) . One class of ...
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... adaptive peak unless it is quite strong . If , for example , we seek to explain the evolutionary loss or vesti- gialization of a feature , we must entertain both selectionist and non - selectionist hypotheses . Useless features such as ...
... adaptive peak unless it is quite strong . If , for example , we seek to explain the evolutionary loss or vesti- gialization of a feature , we must entertain both selectionist and non - selectionist hypotheses . Useless features such as ...
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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 amino acid ancestor average behavior biological birds bristle cells Chapter characters chromosome coefficient coevolution common competition copies correlated deleterious developmental differentiation distribution divergence Drosophila melanogaster ecological effect environment environmental enzyme equilibrium evidence evolution evolutionary change evolved example factors favor females Figure fitness fossil record function Futuyma gametes gene conversion gene family gene flow gene frequencies genetic drift genetic variation genome genotypes geographic groups heritability heterozygotes heterozygous higher taxa homologous homozygotes homozygous host human hybrid inbreeding increase individual insects interactions Lewontin linkage disequilibrium loci locus males mammals mating mean mechanisms molecular morphological mutation natural selection neoteny nucleotide occur offspring organisms pairs parasites pattern phenotypic phylogenetic phylogeny plants polymorphism population predators prey proteins pseudogenes random recombination related species relative reproductive isolation segments sexual similar speciation structure survival sympatric theory tion traits transposable elements variable variance vertebrates