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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... behavior itself . Few questions have evoked as much interest and contro- versy as the problem of how our behavior may be constrained by our genes . The arguments concern two distinct but related problems . In some cases the question is ...
... behavior itself . Few questions have evoked as much interest and contro- versy as the problem of how our behavior may be constrained by our genes . The arguments concern two distinct but related problems . In some cases the question is ...
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... behavior ( e.g. , pacifism ) does not lie within the behavioral norm of reaction . In fact , of course , human variation does embrace almost every imaginable behavior . But is it possible that the variations among human beings are the ...
... behavior ( e.g. , pacifism ) does not lie within the behavioral norm of reaction . In fact , of course , human variation does embrace almost every imaginable behavior . But is it possible that the variations among human beings are the ...
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Douglas J. Futuyma. behavior is highly controversial . Although many human behavioral traits can be seen in rudimentary form in other primates , the dominant factor in recent human evolution has been the evolution of enormous behavioral ...
Douglas J. Futuyma. behavior is highly controversial . Although many human behavioral traits can be seen in rudimentary form in other primates , the dominant factor in recent human evolution has been the evolution of enormous behavioral ...
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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