Evolution And Adaptation

Author : George Christopher Williams
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691185507

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Adaptation and Natural Selection by George Christopher Williams Pdf

Biological evolution is a fact—but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in 1966, it struck a powerful blow against those who argued for the concept of group selection—the idea that evolution acts to select entire species rather than individuals. Williams’s famous work in favor of simple Darwinism over group selection has become a classic of science literature, valued for its thorough and convincing argument and its relevance to many fields outside of biology. Now with a new foreword by Richard Dawkins, Adaptation and Natural Selection is an essential text for understanding the nature of scientific debate.

Author : Michael R. Rose,George V. Lauder
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996-09-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 0125964218

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Adaptation by Michael R. Rose,George V. Lauder Pdf

The study of evolutionary adaptation returns to the center stage of biology with this important volume. This innovative treatise discusses new developments in adaptation, with new methods, and new theoretical foundations, achievements, and prospects for a rich intellectual future. It is an insightful reintroduction to the themes that Darwin and his successors regarded as central to any profound understanding of biology.

Author : Gerard Meurant
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483288505

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Primate Adaptation and Evolution by Gerard Meurant Pdf

Primate Adaptation and Evolutionis the only recent text published in this rapidly progressing field. It provides you with an extensive, current survey of the order Primates, both living and fossil. By combining information on primate anatomy, ecology, and behavior with the primate fossil record, this book enables students to study primates from all epochs as a single, viable group. It surveys major primate radiations throughout 65 million years, and provides equal treatment of both living and extinct species. ï Presents a summary of the primate fossils ï Reviews primate evolution ï Provides an introduction to the primate anatomy ï Discusses the features that distinguish the living groups of primates ï Summarizes recent work on primate ecology

Author : Thomas Hunt Morgan
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547090182

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Evolution and Adaptation by Thomas Hunt Morgan Pdf

The chapters presented in this book were written by Thomas Hunt Morgan, an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, embryologist, and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries elucidating the role that the chromosome plays in heredity. Here, he lays out his ideas on the relations between the organism and its environment and whether Darwinian ideas are enough to explain some of the phenomena he observed during his studies, especially those of regeneration.

Author : Rudolf Bijlsma,Volker Loeschcke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997-09-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3764356952

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Environmental Stress, Adaptation, and Evolution by Rudolf Bijlsma,Volker Loeschcke Pdf

Most organisms and populations have to cope with hostile environments, threatening their existence. Their ability to respond phenotypically and genetically to these challenges and to evolve adaptive mechanisms is, therefore, crucial. The contributions to this book aim at understanding, from a evolutionary perspective, the impact of stress on biological systems. Scientists, applying different approaches spanning from the molecular and the protein level to individuals, populations and ecosystems, explore how organisms adapt to extreme environments, how stress changes genetic structure and affects life histories, how organisms cope with thermal stress through acclimation, and how environmental and genetic stress induce fluctuating asymmetry, shape selection pressure and cause extinction of populations. Finally, it discusses the role of stress in evolutionary change, from stress induced mutations and selection to speciation and evolution at the geological time scale. The book contains reviews and novel scientific results on the subject. It will be of interest to both researchers and graduate students and may serve as a text for graduate courses.

Author : Egbert Giles Leigh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Adaptation (Biology)
ISBN : UCSD:31822002498921

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Adaptation and Diversity by Egbert Giles Leigh Pdf

Author : Rodney Mauricio
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402038365

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Genetics of Adaptation by Rodney Mauricio Pdf

An enduring controversy in evolutionary biology is the genetic basis of adaptation. Darwin emphasized "many slight differences" as the ultimate source of variation to be acted upon by natural selection. In the early 1900’s, this view was opposed by "Mendelian geneticists", who emphasized the importance of "macromutations" in evolution. The Modern Synthesis resolved this controversy, concluding that mutations in genes of very small effect were responsible for adaptive evolution. A decade ago, Allen Orr and Jerry Coyne reexamined the evidence for this neo-Darwinian view and found that both the theoretical and empirical basis for it were weak. Orr and Coyne encouraged evolutionary biologists to reexamine this neglected question: what is the genetic basis of adaptive evolution? In this volume, a new generation of biologists have taken up this challenge. Using advances in both molecular genetic and statistical techniques, evolutionary geneticists have made considerable progress in this emerging field. In this volume, a diversity of examples from plant and animal studies provides valuable information for those interested in the genetics and evolution of complex traits.

Author : David C. Culver,Thomas C. Kane,Daniel W. Fong
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Science
ISBN : 0674004256

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Adaptation and Natural Selection in Caves by David C. Culver,Thomas C. Kane,Daniel W. Fong Pdf

Their work reveals the advantages of caves for studying natural selection: the highly simplified habitats found underground serve as a natural laboratory for the evolutionary biologist, and the distinctive morphological features of cave fauna provide a wealth of data on evolutionary history and natural selection.

Author : Robert N. Brandon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400860661

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Adaptation and Environment by Robert N. Brandon Pdf

By focusing on the crucial role of environment in the process of adaptation, Robert Brandon clarifies definitions and principles so as to help make the argument of evolution by natural selection empirically testable. He proposes that natural selection is the process of differential reproduction resulting from differential adaptedness to a common selective environment. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0146001443

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The Galapagos Islands by Charles Darwin Pdf

Author : David Zeigler
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128004173

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Evolution by David Zeigler Pdf

Evolution: Components and Mechanisms introduces the many recent discoveries and insights that have added to the discipline of organic evolution, and combines them with the key topics needed to gain a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of evolution. Each chapter covers an important topic or factor pertinent to a modern understanding of evolutionary theory, allowing easy access to particular topics for either study or review. Many chapters are cross-referenced. Modern evolutionary theory has expanded significantly within only the past two to three decades. In recent times the definition of a gene has evolved, the definition of organic evolution itself is in need of some modification, the number of known mechanisms of evolutionary change has increased dramatically, and the emphasis placed on opportunity and contingency has increased. This book synthesizes these changes and presents many of the novel topics in evolutionary theory in an accessible and thorough format. This book is an ideal, up-to-date resource for biologists, geneticists, evolutionary biologists, developmental biologists, and researchers in, as well as students and academics in these areas and professional scientists in many subfields of biology. Discusses many of the mechanisms responsible for evolutionary change Includes an appendix that provides a brief synopsis of these mechanisms with most discussed in greater detail in respective chapters Aids readers in their organization and understanding of the material by addressing the basic concepts and topics surrounding organic evolution Covers some topics not typically addressed, such as opportunity, contingency, symbiosis, and progress

Author : John N. Thompson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226018898

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Relentless Evolution by John N. Thompson Pdf

At a glance, most species seem adapted to the environment in which they live. Yet species relentlessly evolve, and populations within species evolve in different ways. Evolution, as it turns out, is much more dynamic than biologists realized just a few decades ago. In Relentless Evolution, John N. Thompson explores why adaptive evolution never ceases and why natural selection acts on species in so many different ways. Thompson presents a view of life in which ongoing evolution is essential and inevitable. Each chapter focuses on one of the major problems in adaptive evolution: How fast is evolution? How strong is natural selection? How do species co-opt the genomes of other species as they adapt? Why does adaptive evolution sometimes lead to more, rather than less, genetic variation within populations? How does the process of adaptation drive the evolution of new species? How does coevolution among species continually reshape the web of life? And, more generally, how are our views of adaptive evolution changing? Relentless Evolution draws on studies of all the major forms of life—from microbes that evolve in microcosms within a few weeks to plants and animals that sometimes evolve in detectable ways within a few decades. It shows evolution not as a slow and stately process, but rather as a continual and sometimes frenetic process that favors yet more evolutionary change.

Author : Thomas Hunt Morgan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387087178

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Evolution and Adaptation by Thomas Hunt Morgan Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : THOMAS HUNT. MORGAN
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033629944

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EVOLUTION AND ADAPTATION by THOMAS HUNT. MORGAN Pdf

Author : Michael J. Wade
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226129730

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Adaptation in Metapopulations by Michael J. Wade Pdf

Across the globe, populations of plants and animals live in clusters, but maintain a connectivity a population of populations. There are naturally occurring metapopulations, such as clusters of groupers spread across coral reefs, and there are metapopulations humans have helped create by fragmenting landscapes: stands of trees separated by roads, prairies separated by agricultural farms. As the dynamics of landscape change have accelerated, and understanding of how metapopulations functions has played a critical role in ecology and evolutionary biology. Adaptation in Metapopulations synthesizes the role of genetic interactions in adaptive evolution and their influence on the effectiveness of different types of selection. Drawing on extensive field work and lab experiments, cohered with a strong conceptual arc, the work also integrates molecular and organismal biology, as Wade explores adaptation at multiple scales, and shows how evolutionary dynamics scale from the gene to the metapopulation. "