Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1600 g
Reihe: Evolutionary Biology
Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1600 g
Reihe: Evolutionary Biology
ISBN: 978-0-306-45674-9
Verlag: Springer Us
After volume 33, this book series was replaced by the journal "Evolutionary Biology." Please visit www.springer.com/11692 for further information.
Volume 30 brings readers up to date on the investigation of eminent evolutionary biologists and paleobiologists. Contributions explore such topics as
- Adaptation in Drosophila and the role of cytochrome P450s
- Population genetics and species conservation of the cheetah
- germ-layer theory
- assymetry in the mammalian skeleton
- genetic diversity of marine fish
- the phenomenon of industrial melanism
- the variation in lizard cranal kinesis.
Other chapters focus on such issues as overdominance and its relation to higher mutation-rate estimates and the use of molecular clocks in determining the rate of nucleotide substitution in higher plants.
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1. Overdominance: A Half-Century Later.- 2. The Molecular Basis of Adaptation in Drosophila: The Role of Cytochrome P450s.- 3. Intersection of Population Genetics and Species Conservation: The Cheetah’s Dilemma.- 4. Molecular Clocks and Nucleotide Substitution Rates in Higher Plants.- 5. Germ Layers and the Germ-Layer Theory Revisited: Primary and Secondary Germ Layers, Neural Crest as a Fourth Germ Layer, Homology, and Demise of the Germ-Layer Theory.- 6. Fluctuating Asymmetry in the Mammalian Skeleton: Evolutionary and Developmental Implications.- 7. Genetic Diversity and Dispersal Capabilities in Marine Fish.- 8. The “Classical” Explanation of Industrial Melanism: Assessing the Evidence.- 9. Cranial Kinesis in Lizards: Variations, Uses, and Origins.
