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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... mechanisms of meiosis or of DNA replication evolved . 5. Is the DNA code imposed on organisms as their necessary mechanism of heredity , or has the genetic code itself evolved ? Might there have been other molecular mechanisms of ...
... mechanisms of meiosis or of DNA replication evolved . 5. Is the DNA code imposed on organisms as their necessary mechanism of heredity , or has the genetic code itself evolved ? Might there have been other molecular mechanisms of ...
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... mechanisms The biological characteristics that cause sympatric species to exist - i.e . , to main- tain distinct gene pools - are usually called ISOLATING MECHANISMS , although this may be an unfortunate term because it suggests that ...
... mechanisms The biological characteristics that cause sympatric species to exist - i.e . , to main- tain distinct gene pools - are usually called ISOLATING MECHANISMS , although this may be an unfortunate term because it suggests that ...
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... mechanisms we have described so far , there would be very little diversity . Diversity arises through CLADOGENESIS ... mechanisms " ) between populations ( Table VI in Chapter 4 ) . As indicated in Chapter 4 , isolating mechanisms ...
... mechanisms we have described so far , there would be very little diversity . Diversity arises through CLADOGENESIS ... mechanisms " ) between populations ( Table VI in Chapter 4 ) . As indicated in Chapter 4 , isolating mechanisms ...
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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