Speciation : natural processes, genetics and biodiversity / Pawel Michalak, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Michalak, Pawel.

Series:

Science, evolution and creationism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Species.

Biology--Classification.

Biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The origin of species, or speciation, the 'mystery of mysteries', as Charles Darwin called it, is an issue at the very heart of evolutionary biology, critical to understanding the mechanisms behind the great diversity of life around us. This book is centred around three major research areas: (1) biodiversity patterns in relation to speciation scenarios; (2) mechanisms that produce pre- and postzygotic reproductive isolation and adaptive divergence; as well as (3) genetics, epigenetics, and genomics of speciation.

Contents:

Speciation in diatoms : patterns, mechanisms, and environmental change / Joshua T. Cooper and John P. Masly

Sympatric speciation of island plants : the natural laboratory of lord Howe Island / Alexander S. T. Papadopulos, William J. Bakerand Vincent Savolainen

Speciation of Arabian Gazelles / Hannes Lerp, Torsten Wronski, Thomas M. Butynski and Martin Plath

Chromosome plasticity, adaptation and speciation in malaria mosquitoes / Igor V. Sharakhov - Transcriptional differentiation across the four subspecies of drosophilamojavensis / Luciano M. Matzkin and Therese A. Markow

Evolution of male courtship songs in the drosophilabuzzatii species cluster / Cássia C. Oliveira,, Maura H. Manfrin, Fábio de M. Sene and William J. Etges

Prezygotic isolation in the parasitoid wasp genus nasonia / Maartje C. W. G. Giesbers, Sylvia Gerritsma, Jan Buellesbach, Wenwen Diao, Bart A. Pannebakker, Louis van de Zande, Thomas Schmittand Leo W. Beukeboom

Where to look for speciation genes when divergence is driven by postmating, prezygotic isolation / Jeremy L. Marshal

The molecular and evolutionary basis of hybrid sterility : from odysseusto overdrive / Nitin Phadnis and Harmit S. Malik

The Role of transposable elements in speciation / Eric T. Watson and Jeffery P. Demuth

Hybrid incompatibility : are cellular processes the battlefields of genomic conflict? / Norman A. Johnson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62618-409-7