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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... predators . Predation may be " good " for a prey population by preventing it from becoming extinct by overexploiting its resources , but predation is not good for the individuals that suffer it . THE BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT : PREDATORS AND ...
... predators . Predation may be " good " for a prey population by preventing it from becoming extinct by overexploiting its resources , but predation is not good for the individuals that suffer it . THE BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT : PREDATORS AND ...
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... predator - prey combinations are unstable , other combinations persist for any of several reasons . Predators are often unable to find all the potential prey , some of which remain inaccessible . A prey species may survive through ...
... predator - prey combinations are unstable , other combinations persist for any of several reasons . Predators are often unable to find all the potential prey , some of which remain inaccessible . A prey species may survive through ...
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... predator in handling one prey species comes at the expense of handling others . Therefore the more predators a prey species must withstand , and the more prey species a predator relies upon , the more sluggish coevolution is likely to ...
... predator in handling one prey species comes at the expense of handling others . Therefore the more predators a prey species must withstand , and the more prey species a predator relies upon , the more sluggish coevolution is likely to ...
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