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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... distribution ( South and Central America , Madagascar , and Polynesia ) . How have all these patterns of distribution come about ? CAUSES OF GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS A possible explanation of a taxon's distribution is that the group ...
... distribution ( South and Central America , Madagascar , and Polynesia ) . How have all these patterns of distribution come about ? CAUSES OF GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS A possible explanation of a taxon's distribution is that the group ...
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... distribution in South America and Madagascar is surely a consequence of continental drift followed by widespread extinction . The fossil record of many other groups with a disjunct southern continent distribution , such as the iguanid ...
... distribution in South America and Madagascar is surely a consequence of continental drift followed by widespread extinction . The fossil record of many other groups with a disjunct southern continent distribution , such as the iguanid ...
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... distribution of the two events , x VARIATION = p . We are also interested in the variation represented by a series of measurements . The most useful measure of variation is the VARIANCE , defined as the mean value of the square of an ...
... distribution of the two events , x VARIATION = p . We are also interested in the variation represented by a series of measurements . The most useful measure of variation is the VARIANCE , defined as the mean value of the square of an ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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