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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... body size , in many groups of mammals and birds ( Radinsky 1978 ) , but , like body size , this is not an invariable trend . In no case does the fossil record show a constant rate of progression in any direction ; as discussed in ...
... body size , in many groups of mammals and birds ( Radinsky 1978 ) , but , like body size , this is not an invariable trend . In no case does the fossil record show a constant rate of progression in any direction ; as discussed in ...
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... body . ( In many studies x is indeed a measure of body size . ) This allometric equation has the form of a straight line if plotted on logarithmic axes or if it is transformed to the relation log y = log b + a log x . Thus the constant ...
... body . ( In many studies x is indeed a measure of body size . ) This allometric equation has the form of a straight line if plotted on logarithmic axes or if it is transformed to the relation log y = log b + a log x . Thus the constant ...
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... body mass . The ratio of the organ's surface area to the volume of body it serves is constant only if a≈ 31⁄2 , because the area of the organ increases as the square of its length y , while the volume ( and weight ) of the body ...
... body mass . The ratio of the organ's surface area to the volume of body it serves is constant only if a≈ 31⁄2 , because the area of the organ increases as the square of its length y , while the volume ( and weight ) of the body ...
Sommario
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