Bibliograph

The origin of adaptations

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The origin of adaptations

Language

eng

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Bibliography: p. 571-594

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non fiction

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The origin of adaptations

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bibliography

Oclc number

230803

Table Of Contents

I. Introduction : 1. Organization and causation -- 2. The establishment of causal theories in evolutionary biology -- 3. The nature and origin of life -- 4. The course of evolution -- II. Organism and environment : 5. Adaptation -- 6. Adaptability and heredity -- III. Evolution within populations : 7. The statics and dynamics of populations -- 8. Hereditary variation -- 9. Natural selection -- 10. Levels of selections -- 11. Genetic drift -- IV. Evolution of species : 12. Population systems -- 13. Isolating mechanisms -- 14. Ecological relations between species -- 15. Evolutionary divergence -- 16. Modes of speciation -- 17. Consolidation of the sympatric species -- V. Evolution of major groups : 18. Evolutionary rates and trends -- 19. Conclusions

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