Variation and Evolution in Plants / G. Ledyard Stebbins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stebbins, G. Ledyard, author.

Series:

Columbia Biological Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1950]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Chapter I. Description and Analysis of Variation Patterns

Chapter II. Examples of Variation Patterns Within Species and Genera

Chapter III. The Basis of Individual Variation

Chapter IV. Natural Selection and Variation in Populations

Chapter V. Genetic Systems as Factors in Evolution

Chapter VI. Isolation and the Origin of Species

Chapter VII. Hybridization and its Effects

Chapter VIII. Polyploidy I: Occurrence and Nature of Polyploid Types

Chapter IX.. Polyploidy II: Geographic Distribution and Significance of Polyploidy

Chapter X. Apomixis in Relation to Variation and Evolution

Chapter XI. Structural Hybridity and the Genetic System

Chapter XII. Evolutionary Trends I: The Karyotype

Chapter XIII. Evolutionary Trends II: External Morphology

Chapter XIV. Fossils, Modern Distribution Patterns and Rates of Evolution

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89916-5

OCLC:

1100451165