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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... change of average fitness is directly proportional to the additive genetic variance in fitness , 2pqs2 . R. A. Fisher ( 1930 ) , using a different derivation , concluded that in general the rate of change in fitness is actually equal to ...
... change of average fitness is directly proportional to the additive genetic variance in fitness , 2pqs2 . R. A. Fisher ( 1930 ) , using a different derivation , concluded that in general the rate of change in fitness is actually equal to ...
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... evolutionary biology is to determine the genetic and ecological mechanisms of evolutionary change . The other is to determine what the actual history of evolution has been . This is largely the province of paleontology and of biological ...
... evolutionary biology is to determine the genetic and ecological mechanisms of evolutionary change . The other is to determine what the actual history of evolution has been . This is largely the province of paleontology and of biological ...
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... evolutionary change , and if so , why ? Is macroevolution really decoupled from microevolution ? Punctuated equilibrium : Pro and con As a theoretical explanation for why speciation should be necessary for evolu- tionary change ...
... evolutionary change , and if so , why ? Is macroevolution really decoupled from microevolution ? Punctuated equilibrium : Pro and con As a theoretical explanation for why speciation should be necessary for evolu- tionary change ...
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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