On evolution / / John C. Avise

• Autore: Avise John C
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Disciplina: 576.8
• Soggetto topico: Evolution (Biology)
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: On Evolution
• ISBN: 0-8018-9603-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809620003321
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