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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... VARIATION OF EVOLUTION THE MODERN SYNTHESIS 7 EXTERNAL SOURCES OF VARIATION EVOLUTION SINCE DARWIN 8 10 Chapter Four EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS 13 Variation HOW EVOLUTION IS STUDIED 13 EVOLUTION AS FACT AND THEORY 15 Chapter Two The ...
... VARIATION OF EVOLUTION THE MODERN SYNTHESIS 7 EXTERNAL SOURCES OF VARIATION EVOLUTION SINCE DARWIN 8 10 Chapter Four EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS 13 Variation HOW EVOLUTION IS STUDIED 13 EVOLUTION AS FACT AND THEORY 15 Chapter Two The ...
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... variation within most pop- ulations , but nonrandom organization is generally not strongly pronounced . Dif- ferences in allele frequencies among populations of a species are the basis of geographic variation , which can take on many ...
... variation within most pop- ulations , but nonrandom organization is generally not strongly pronounced . Dif- ferences in allele frequencies among populations of a species are the basis of geographic variation , which can take on many ...
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... variation in most traits is continuous , or quantitative , in kind , so that indi- viduals vary in slight increments . Some of the phenotypic variation is directly caused by the environment , and some by genetic differences at several ...
... variation in most traits is continuous , or quantitative , in kind , so that indi- viduals vary in slight increments . Some of the phenotypic variation is directly caused by the environment , and some by genetic differences at several ...
Sommario
CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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