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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... greater homo- geneity of sequence of 6 and 7 than of 1-5 reflects the recency of the electrophoretically detectable mutation . The variation in se- quence among genes 1 through 4 may be ex- plained by postulating that either the pair of ...
... greater homo- geneity of sequence of 6 and 7 than of 1-5 reflects the recency of the electrophoretically detectable mutation . The variation in se- quence among genes 1 through 4 may be ex- plained by postulating that either the pair of ...
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... greater energy content , but decreases because of greater handling time ; thus seeds of intermediate size have maximal food value , measured as mg consumed per second . Beak size , and hence rapidity of husking , is least for chipping ...
... greater energy content , but decreases because of greater handling time ; thus seeds of intermediate size have maximal food value , measured as mg consumed per second . Beak size , and hence rapidity of husking , is least for chipping ...
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... greater resistance or proficiency were counteracted by their greater " cost " ( e.g. , FIGURE 6 Evolution of the predator isocline , as visual- ized by Rosenzweig . A point in the space rep- resents the number of predator individuals P ...
... greater resistance or proficiency were counteracted by their greater " cost " ( e.g. , FIGURE 6 Evolution of the predator isocline , as visual- ized by Rosenzweig . A point in the space rep- resents the number of predator individuals P ...
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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