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... effect and the founder effect . 1 . Bottleneck Effect The size of a population may be reduced drastically by such natural disasters as volcanic eruptions , earthquakes , fires , floods , etc. which kill organisms nonselectively . • The ...
... effect and the founder effect . 1 . Bottleneck Effect The size of a population may be reduced drastically by such natural disasters as volcanic eruptions , earthquakes , fires , floods , etc. which kill organisms nonselectively . • The ...
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... effect was instrumental in the evolutionary divergence of the Galapagos finches . The founder effect probably resulted in the high frequency of retinitis pigmentosa ( a progressive form of blindness that affects humans homozygous for ...
... effect was instrumental in the evolutionary divergence of the Galapagos finches . The founder effect probably resulted in the high frequency of retinitis pigmentosa ( a progressive form of blindness that affects humans homozygous for ...
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... effect . The recognition concept thus focuses on characteristics which are actually subject to natural selection in isolated populations that are in the process of speciation . Speciation by Peak Shifts The concept of the " adaptive ...
... effect . The recognition concept thus focuses on characteristics which are actually subject to natural selection in isolated populations that are in the process of speciation . Speciation by Peak Shifts The concept of the " adaptive ...
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Preface | 2 |
Water and the Fitness of the Environment | 22 |
Structure and Function of Macromolecules | 39 |
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