In Search of the Causes of Evolution : : From Field Observations to Mechanisms /

In Search of the Causes of Evolution : : From Field Observations to Mechanisms / / ed. by Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant.

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 evolutionary biolog...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Awodey, Myra,
Balakrishnan, Christopher N.,
Barrett, Rowan D. H.,
Berenbaum, May R.,
Brakefield, Paul M.,
Currie, Philip J.,
Edwards, Scott V.,
Emlen, Douglas J.,
Grant, B. Rosemary,
Grant, Peter R.,
Gross, Joshua B.,
Hoekstra, Hopi E.,
Hudson, Richard,
Jablonski, David,
Johnston, David T.,
Joron, Mathieu,
Kingsley, David,
Knoll, Andrew H.,
Koehl, Mimi A. R.,
Lee, June Y.,
Losos, Jonathan B.,
Magalhaes, Isabel Santos,
Phillimore, Albert B.,
Price, Trevor,
Schluter, Dolph,
Seehausen, Ole,
Tabin, Clifford J.,
Thompson, John N.,
Wake, David B.,
HerausgeberIn:
Grant, B. Rosemary,
Grant, Peter R.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©2011
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (408 p.) :; 16 color illus. 22 halftones. 56 line illus. 4 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Introduction to Section I
  • The Origins of Biological Diversity
  • Chapter One. The Big Picture: A Tripartite View of Life and Environments through Time
  • Chapter Two. Macroevolutionary Trends in Time and Space
  • Chapter Three. Dinosaurs Live!
  • Chapter Four. Phylogeography and Phylogenetics in the Nuclear Age
  • Introduction to Section II
  • Mechanisms, Molecules, and Evo-Devo
  • Chapter Five. The Flexibility of Butterfly Wing Color Patterns and Evolution in Morphospace
  • Chapter Six. Genetics, Geology, and Miracles
  • Chapter Seven. Evolutionary Genetics of Pigmentation Loss in the Blind Mexican Cavefish
  • Chapter Eight. A Developmental View of Exaggerated Growth and Conditional Expression in the Weapons of Sexual Selection
  • Introduction to Section III
  • Morphology and Behavior
  • Chapter Nine. How Does Morphology Affect Performance in Variable Environments?
  • Chapter Ten. In Search of the Elusive Behavior Gene
  • Chapter Eleven. There Must Be Finches—Charles Darwin, Prickly Pears, and Pollination Biology
  • Chapter Twelve. The Adaptive Radiation of Coevolving Prodoxid Moths and Their Host Plants: Greya Moths and Yucca Moths
  • Introduction to Section IV
  • Ecological Diversity
  • Chapter Thirteen. Ecological and Geographical Influences on the Allopatric Phase of Island Speciation
  • Chapter Fourteen. Geographical Mode and Evolutionary Mechanism of Ecological Speciation in Cichlid Fish
  • Chapter Fifteen. A Tale of Two Radiations: Similarities and Differences in the Evolutionary Diversification of Darwin’s Finches and Greater Antillean
  • Chapter Sixteen. Clarifying the Mechanisms of Evolution in Sticklebacks Using Field Studies of Natural Selection on Genes
  • Chapter Seventeen. The Book and the Future: Perspective and Prospective
  • Chapter Eighteen. A Festival for Rosemary and Peter Grant
  • Index

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