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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... neoteny , a decrease in the rate of development of y relative to x , a juvenile condition ( pae- domorphosis ) of character y but not of x is expressed in the adult . C D log x α log x β Hypermorphosis leading to peramorphosis ...
... neoteny , a decrease in the rate of development of y relative to x , a juvenile condition ( pae- domorphosis ) of character y but not of x is expressed in the adult . C D log x α log x β Hypermorphosis leading to peramorphosis ...
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... NEOTENY ; like progenesis , it results in pae- domorphosis . Table II summarizes these phenomena . Examples of heterochrony The allometric consequences of evolutionary changes in body size are sometimes spectacular ; for example , in ...
... NEOTENY ; like progenesis , it results in pae- domorphosis . Table II summarizes these phenomena . Examples of heterochrony The allometric consequences of evolutionary changes in body size are sometimes spectacular ; for example , in ...
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... neotenic , such as the axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum , the thyroid and pituitary glands can function normally , and ... neoteny ( Figure 17 ) , in which the tissues have lost the ability to respond to thyroxine ( Dent 1968 ) . The ...
... neotenic , such as the axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum , the thyroid and pituitary glands can function normally , and ... neoteny ( Figure 17 ) , in which the tissues have lost the ability to respond to thyroxine ( Dent 1968 ) . The ...
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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