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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... Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection , or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life — a book that sold out its first printing in one day and set in motion a controversy that has still not entirely subsided ...
... Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection , or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life — a book that sold out its first printing in one day and set in motion a controversy that has still not entirely subsided ...
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... Origin and diversification of bony and cartilaginous fishes ; trilobites diverse ; origin of ammonoids , am- phibians , insects . Mass extinction late in period . Diversification of agnathans , origin of placoderms ; in- vasion of land ...
... Origin and diversification of bony and cartilaginous fishes ; trilobites diverse ; origin of ammonoids , am- phibians , insects . Mass extinction late in period . Diversification of agnathans , origin of placoderms ; in- vasion of land ...
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... origin of nucleic acid - coded polypeptides that can act as nucleic acid polymerases . Thus the origin of life has still not yielded to the efforts of chemists . It has been suggested that terrestrial life may have had an ...
... origin of nucleic acid - coded polypeptides that can act as nucleic acid polymerases . Thus the origin of life has still not yielded to the efforts of chemists . It has been suggested that terrestrial life may have had an ...
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