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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... social organization evolved , it became highly selectively advantageous to recognize other individuals , to respond to each of them differently in different social contexts , and to be able to imitate behavioral innovations that ...
... social organization evolved , it became highly selectively advantageous to recognize other individuals , to respond to each of them differently in different social contexts , and to be able to imitate behavioral innovations that ...
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... social policy . Scientists do not set social policy , but they can and perhaps should bear responsibility for alerting the public to the abuses to which their discoveries might be put . It is even more clearly the duty of scientists to ...
... social policy . Scientists do not set social policy , but they can and perhaps should bear responsibility for alerting the public to the abuses to which their discoveries might be put . It is even more clearly the duty of scientists to ...
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... social institutions to our benefit . Take an example of socially important behavior and discuss exactly how social institutions might profit from such understanding . 2. Suppose it should turn out that men are indeed biologically more ...
... social institutions to our benefit . Take an example of socially important behavior and discuss exactly how social institutions might profit from such understanding . 2. Suppose it should turn out that men are indeed biologically more ...
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