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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... INCREASE , Im , which is the per capita rate of increase that a population with a stable age distribution would have in a given environment if it were utterly free of those factors , such as predation and scarcity of food , that ...
... INCREASE , Im , which is the per capita rate of increase that a population with a stable age distribution would have in a given environment if it were utterly free of those factors , such as predation and scarcity of food , that ...
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... increases in frequency in the population , the average fitness of individuals in the popula- tion ( denoted w ) increases . Under a wide range of conditions , the rate of increase of mean fitness is approximately equal to the additive ...
... increases in frequency in the population , the average fitness of individuals in the popula- tion ( denoted w ) increases . Under a wide range of conditions , the rate of increase of mean fitness is approximately equal to the additive ...
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... increase r , an increase in ŵ would be manifested by an increase in the growth rate of the population if w referred to absolute fitness . But since w is so standardized as to measure relative fitness , one genotype may replace another ...
... increase r , an increase in ŵ would be manifested by an increase in the growth rate of the population if w referred to absolute fitness . But since w is so standardized as to measure relative fitness , one genotype may replace another ...
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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