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In search of the causes of evolution : from field observations to mechanisms /
From the publisher. Evolutionary biology has witnessed breathtaking advances in recent years. Some of its most exciting insights have come from the crossover of disciplines as varied as paleontology, molecular biology, ecology, and genetics. This book brings together many of today's pioneers in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The big picture : a tripartite view of life and environments through time / Andrew H. Knoll and David T. Johnston
- Macroevolutionary trends in time and space / David Jablonski
- Dinosaurs live! / Philip J. Currie
- Phylogeography and phylogenetics in the nuclear age / Christopher N. Balakrishnan, June Y. Lee, and Scott V. Edwards
- The flexibility of butterfly wing color patterns and evolution in morphospace / Paul M. Brakefield and Mathieu Joron
- Genetics, geology, and miracles / David Kingsley
- Evolutionary genetics of pigmentation loss in the blind Mexican cavefish / Joshua B. Gross and Clifford J. Tabin
- A developmental view of exaggerated growth and conditional expression in the weapons of sexual selection / Douglas J. Emlen
- How does morphology affect performance in variable environments? / Mimi A.R. Koehl
- In search of the elusive behavior gene / Hopi E. Hoekstra
- There must be finches
- Charles Darwin, prickly pears, and pollination biology / May R. Berenbaum
- The adaptive radiation of coevolving prodoxid moths and their host plants : Greya moths and yucca moths / John N. Thompson
- Ecological and geographical influences on the allopatric phase of island speciation / Trevor Price [and others]
- Geographical mode and evolutionary mechanism of ecological speciation in cichlid fish / Ole Seehausen and Isabel Santos Magalhaes
- A tale of two radiations : similarities and differences in the evolutionary diversification of Darwin's finches and Greater Antillean Anolis lizards / Jonathan B. Losos
- Clarifying the mechanisms of evolution in sticklebacks using field studies of natural selection on genes / Rowan D.H. Barrett and Dolph Schluter
- The book and the future : perspective and prospective / Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant
- A festival for Rosemary and Peter Grant / David B. Wake.