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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... example , appears to specify the position and form of the developing digits . Such a gradient in an inducing substance is an example of a PREPATTERN : a spatial arrangement of chemical factors that determine the spatial organization of ...
... example , appears to specify the position and form of the developing digits . Such a gradient in an inducing substance is an example of a PREPATTERN : a spatial arrangement of chemical factors that determine the spatial organization of ...
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... example , if we are told that in one generation the mean wing length in a bird population increased from 67.7 to 69.2 mm , we do not know whether we should be impressed or not . But if the phenotypic variance is 0.25 mm2 , the standard ...
... example , if we are told that in one generation the mean wing length in a bird population increased from 67.7 to 69.2 mm , we do not know whether we should be impressed or not . But if the phenotypic variance is 0.25 mm2 , the standard ...
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... example , there are many species of winter - hardy seed - eating finches and insectivorous hibernating bats in the temperate zone . For a comparable example , life in sandy beaches requires special morphological adaptations that few ...
... example , there are many species of winter - hardy seed - eating finches and insectivorous hibernating bats in the temperate zone . For a comparable example , life in sandy beaches requires special morphological adaptations that few ...
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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