Hecht Evolutionary Biology

1986
ISBN: 978-1-4615-6980-0
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
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Evolutionary Biology, of which this is the nineteenth volume, continues to offer its readers a wide range of original articles, reviews, and com mentaries on evolution, in the broadest sense of that term. The topics of the reviews range from anthropology and behavior to molecular biology and systematics. In recent volumes, a broad spectrum of articles have appeared on such subjects as natural selection among replicating molecules in vitro, mate recognition and the reproductive behavior in Drosophila, evolution of the monocotyledons, species selection, and the communication net work made possible among even distantly related genera of bacteria by plasmids and other transposable elements. Articles such as these, often too long for standard journals, are the stuff of Evolutionary Biology. The editors continue to solicit manuscripts on an international scale in an effort to see that everyone of the many facets of biological evolution is covered. Manuscripts should be sent to anyone of the following: Max K. Hecht, Department of Biology, Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, New York 11367; Bruce Wallace, Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacks burg, Virginia 24061; Ghillian T. Prance, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York 10458. The Editors vII Contents 1. Discontinuous Processes in the Evolution of the Bacterial Genome ........................................ 1 Monica Riley Introduction ............................... ,........ 1 Internal Rearrangements ............................... 2 Large-Scale Internal Rearrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Small-Scale Rearrangements: Divergence of Duplicate Genes ......................................... 11 Interactions between Two Genomes...................... 20 Transposons: Jumping Genes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . Plasmids: Incorporation into Genomic DNA. . . . . . . . . . .. . . 23 .

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hecht, Max

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Discontinuous Processes in the Evolution of the Bacterial Genome.- Internal Rearrangements.- Interactions between Two Genomes.- Summary.- References.- 2. The Evolutionary Ecology of Drosophila.- The Laboratory Ecology of Drosophila.- Population Dynamics.- Competition.- Life-History Evolution.- Oviposition and Habitat Choice.- Summary.- References.- 3. Rank-Order Selection and the Analysis of Data Obtained by ClB-like Procedures.- Evolving Fitness Concepts.- Rank-Order Selection.- An Exceptional Study.- Materials and Methods.- Results.- Discussion.- Summary.- References.- 4. Evolutionary Origin of Ethological Reproductive Isolation in Cricket Frogs, Acris.- Materials and Methods.- Results.- Discussion.- Evolutionary History of Acris.- Summary.- References.- 5. The Development of Behavior from Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives in Mammals and Birds.- Behavioral Development: Internal and External Influences.- Reproductive Success and Developmental Discontinuity.- Variability, Plasticity, and Open Systems.- Ontogeny and Ecology.- The Development of Comfort Behavior.- Helping Behavior.- Development of Agonistic Behavior.- Social Play: The Coming of Age of a Behavioral Enigma.- Life-History Tactics, Demography, and Development.- Behavioral Development, Early Social Experience, and Social Organization.- Generic Approaches to Future Research: Models, Jargon, and Theory.- References.- 6. Mantle Degassing Unification of the Trans-K—T Geobiological Record.- Background.- Deccan Traps Volcanism/Mantle Degassing.- Deccan Traps: K—T Isochron Timing Event.- Trans-K—T Terrestrial Setting.- Catastrophism versus Gradualism.- Global Warming in the Dinosaurian Extinctions.- Conclusions.- References.