Homoplasy the recurrence of similarity in evolution
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- ISBN: 0080534112 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780080534114 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxv, 339 p.) : ill.
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electronic resource - Publisher: San Diego : Academic Press, c1996.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. CatBulkString:jan.03.13 |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Explanations of homoplasy at different levels of biological organization -- Homoplasy connections and disconnections: genes and species, molecules and morphology -- Relationship between homoplasy and confidence in a phylogenetic tree -- Nonfloral homoplasy and evolutionary scenarios in living and fossil land plants -- Behavioral characters and homoplasy: perception versus practice -- Measures of homoplasy -- Measurement of homoplasy: a stochastic view -- Complexity and homoplasy -- Exaptation, adaptation, and homoplasy: evolution of ecological traits in Dalechampia vines -- Patterns of homplasy in behavioral evolution -- Ontogenetic evolution, clade diversification, and homoplasy -- Homoplasy in angiosperm flowers -- Homoplasy and the evolutionary process: an afterword. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Evolution SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution Evolucao (teoria) Homoplasy Evolutie Homoplasy |
Genre: | Electronic books. |