Experimental Evolution : Concepts, Methods, and Applications of Selection Experiments / Theodore Garland, Michael R. Rose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garland, Theodore, 1956- Editor.

Rose, Michael R. (Michael Robertson), 1955- Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal breeding--Experiments.

Animal breeding.

Evolution (Biology)--Experiments.

Evolution (Biology).

Natural selection--Research.

Natural selection.

Evolution (Biology)--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (750 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Experimental approaches to evolution provide indisputable evidence of evolution by directly observing the process at work. Experimental evolution deliberately duplicates evolutionary processes-forcing life histories to evolve, producing adaptations to stressful environmental conditions, and generating lineage splitting to create incipient species. This unique volume summarizes studies in experimental evolution, outlining current techniques and applications, and presenting the field's full range of research-from selection in the laboratory to the manipulation of populations in the wild. It provides work on such key biological problems as the evolution of Darwinian fitness, sexual reproduction, life history, athletic performance, and learning.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

1. DARWIN'S OTHER MISTAKE

2. THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

3. MODELING EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION USING INDIVIDUAL-BASED, VARIANCE-COMPONENTS MODELS

4. EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION FROM THE BOTTOM UP

5. EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTIONARY DOMESTICATION

6. LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION AND ADAPTIVE RADIATION

7. THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF REVERSE EVOLUTION

8. Field Experiments, Introductions, and Experimental Evolution: A Review and Practical Guide

9. FITNESS, DEMOGRAPHY, AND POPULATION DYNAMICS IN LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS

10. LABORATORY SELECTION STUDIES OF LIFE-HISTORY PHYSIOLOGY IN INSECTS

11. BEHAVIOR AND NEUROBIOLOGY

12. SELECTION EXPERIMENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION OF PERFORMANCE AND PHYSIOLOGY

13. Through a Glass, Clearly: Experimental Evolution as a Window on Adaptive Genome Evolution

14. UNDERSTANDING EVOLUTION THROUGH THE PHAGES

15. Experimental Approaches to Studying the Evolution of Animal Form: The Shape of Things to Come

16. SEXUAL EXPLOITS IN EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION

17. PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION IN LABORATORY ENVIRONMENTS

18. EVOLUTION OF AGING AND LATE LIFE

19. THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO THE EVOLUTION OF ALTRUISM AND THE LEVELS OF SELECTION

20. LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS ON SPECIATION

21. A CRITIQUE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYLOGENETICS

22. Laboratory Evolution Meets Catch-22: Balancing Simplicity and Realism

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 692-701) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612361050

9781282361058

1282361058

9780520944473

052094447X

OCLC:

574146131