On evolution / John C. Avise.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avise, John C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From how to define a species to the folly of faulty applications of cladistics to connections between conservation and evolutionary biology, On Evolution takes the reader on a personal journey into the mind of one of the world's leading evolutionists.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Publisher's Note

Preface

1 Genetic Differentiation during Speciation

2 Molecular Variability and Hypothesis Testing: An Ode to Electrophoresis

3 The Pocket Gopher

4 Gene Trees and Organismal Histories

5 Nature's Family Archives

6 Molecular Clones within Organismal Clones

7 Aging, Sexual Reproduction, and DNA Repair

8 The Real Message from Biosphere 2

9 Conservation Genetics and Sea Turtles

10 The History and Purview of Phylogeography

11 Cladists in Wonderland

12 Evolving Genomic Metaphors: A New Look at the Language of DNA

13 Genetic Mating Systems and Reproductive Natural Histories of Fishes

14 An American Naturalist's Impressions on Australian Biodiversity

15 The Best and the Worst of Times for Evolutionary Biology

16 Models, Metaphors, and Machines

17 Evolution's Unanswered Questions

Source Articles

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-9603-7

OCLC:

592756393