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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... survival of the fittest in every department . " These misconceptions stem largely from the metaphorical ways in which the concept has been expressed , even by Darwin himself : " Nature , if I may be allowed to personify the natural ...
... survival of the fittest in every department . " These misconceptions stem largely from the metaphorical ways in which the concept has been expressed , even by Darwin himself : " Nature , if I may be allowed to personify the natural ...
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... survival and reproduction of individual organisms that differ in phenotype because of genetic differences at one or more loci . Natural selection operates whenever genotypes differ in FITNESS . In an evo- lutionary context , fitness is ...
... survival and reproduction of individual organisms that differ in phenotype because of genetic differences at one or more loci . Natural selection operates whenever genotypes differ in FITNESS . In an evo- lutionary context , fitness is ...
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... survival is high and the population's growth rate is low . In contrast , semelparity is favored when the likelihood of adult survival is low , as it is for annual plants , which typically are pioneering species that are soon displaced ...
... survival is high and the population's growth rate is low . In contrast , semelparity is favored when the likelihood of adult survival is low , as it is for annual plants , which typically are pioneering species that are soon displaced ...
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