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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... highly host - specific , and in this sense are more specialized than most predators , which usually prey on a ... highly obligate , mutualisms are highly species - specific ; for example , leaf - cutter ants ( Atta ) feed exclusively on ...
... highly host - specific , and in this sense are more specialized than most predators , which usually prey on a ... highly obligate , mutualisms are highly species - specific ; for example , leaf - cutter ants ( Atta ) feed exclusively on ...
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... highly variable . At least at the loci that can be studied by electrophoresis , these early estimates of genetic variation were , if anything , underestimates . At some highly variable loci , the enzyme products of several different ...
... highly variable . At least at the loci that can be studied by electrophoresis , these early estimates of genetic variation were , if anything , underestimates . At some highly variable loci , the enzyme products of several different ...
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... highly repeated sequences are expected to build up in chromosome regions with low recombination , because variants with lower copy number arise less frequently by unequal crossing over , and a chromosome with multiple copies remains ...
... highly repeated sequences are expected to build up in chromosome regions with low recombination , because variants with lower copy number arise less frequently by unequal crossing over , and a chromosome with multiple copies remains ...
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