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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... families during the Pha- nerozoic . The uppermost line is the total number of families . The lightly stippled area below this line represents those that are rarely preserved . The remaining area , consisting of well - preserved families ...
... families during the Pha- nerozoic . The uppermost line is the total number of families . The lightly stippled area below this line represents those that are rarely preserved . The remaining area , consisting of well - preserved families ...
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... families of transposable elements in a species may account for 10 percent or more of the total DNA . Drosophila melanogaster has at least 30 families of transposable elements that in aggregate make up about half the middle repetitive ...
... families of transposable elements in a species may account for 10 percent or more of the total DNA . Drosophila melanogaster has at least 30 families of transposable elements that in aggregate make up about half the middle repetitive ...
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... FAMILIES Possibly the most remarkable feature of gene families is that even those consisting of many thousands of members are highly homogeneous in nucleotide sequence . For example , about 400 copies of a sequence carrying the 18S rRNA ...
... FAMILIES Possibly the most remarkable feature of gene families is that even those consisting of many thousands of members are highly homogeneous in nucleotide sequence . For example , about 400 copies of a sequence carrying the 18S rRNA ...
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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