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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... cladistics , and Cracraft ( 1983 ) has described the use of cladistic classifications in studying evolution . Under any philosophy of classification there are ambiguities . The absolute rank of taxa is rather arbitrary : a taxonomist ...
... cladistics , and Cracraft ( 1983 ) has described the use of cladistic classifications in studying evolution . Under any philosophy of classification there are ambiguities . The absolute rank of taxa is rather arbitrary : a taxonomist ...
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... cladistic analysis and classification are established . Stevens , P.F. 1980. Evolutionary polarity of character states . Ann . Rev. Ecol . Syst . 11 : 333– 358. A useful discussion of the criteria for establishing the direction of ...
... cladistic analysis and classification are established . Stevens , P.F. 1980. Evolutionary polarity of character states . Ann . Rev. Ecol . Syst . 11 : 333– 358. A useful discussion of the criteria for establishing the direction of ...
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... cladistic school of systematics ( Nelson and Platnick 1981 ) . Its central principle is that if the region occupied by a widespread taxon has been successively frag- mented into separate habitable areas , the cladistic relationships ...
... cladistic school of systematics ( Nelson and Platnick 1981 ) . Its central principle is that if the region occupied by a widespread taxon has been successively frag- mented into separate habitable areas , the cladistic relationships ...
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