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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... GENETIC VARIATION CHANGES IN THE KARYOTYPE The Origin and Impact GENE MUTATIONS of Evolutionary Thought RATES OF MUTATION 1 PHENOTYPIC EFFECTS OF MUTATIONS ORIGINS OF EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT 2 THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES 6 THE RANDOMNESS OF ...
... GENETIC VARIATION CHANGES IN THE KARYOTYPE The Origin and Impact GENE MUTATIONS of Evolutionary Thought RATES OF MUTATION 1 PHENOTYPIC EFFECTS OF MUTATIONS ORIGINS OF EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT 2 THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES 6 THE RANDOMNESS OF ...
Pagina 117
... genetic variation within most pop- ulations , but nonrandom organization is generally not strongly pronounced . Dif- ferences in allele frequencies among populations of a species are the basis of geographic variation , which can take on ...
... genetic variation within most pop- ulations , but nonrandom organization is generally not strongly pronounced . Dif- ferences in allele frequencies among populations of a species are the basis of geographic variation , which can take on ...
Pagina 203
... variation is produced each generation by recombination . Extreme variants , however , will be rare . If the allele ... genetic variation includes phenotypes far more extreme than would actually be observed in any but the largest ...
... variation is produced each generation by recombination . Extreme variants , however , will be rare . If the allele ... genetic variation includes phenotypes far more extreme than would actually be observed in any but the largest ...
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