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Colloquium on Variation and Evolution in Plants and Microorganisms--Toward a New Synthesis--50 Years After Stebbins / / [edited by Francisco J. Ayala, Walter M. Fitch, and Michael I. Clegg]
| Colloquium on Variation and Evolution in Plants and Microorganisms--Toward a New Synthesis--50 Years After Stebbins / / [edited by Francisco J. Ayala, Walter M. Fitch, and Michael I. Clegg] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (127 p.) |
| Disciplina | 581.3/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AyalaFrancisco Jose <1934->
FitchWalter M. <1929-2011.> CheggMichael I |
| Collana | National Academy of Sciences colloquium series |
| Soggetto topico |
Plants - Evolution
Plants - Variation |
| ISBN |
1-280-18547-3
9786610185474 0-309-58912-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
COLLOQUIUM ON Variation and Evolution in Plants and Microorganisms: Toward a New Synthesis: 50 Years after Stebbins -- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Colloquium Series -- National Academy of Sciences Colloquia Bound Reprints Available -- Contents -- Introduction -- VARIATION AND EVOLUTION IN PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS: TOWARD A NEW SYNTHESIS 50 YEARS AFTER STEBBINS -- Early Evolution and the Origin of Cells -- Viral and Bacterial Models -- Protoctist Models -- Population Variation -- Trends and Patterns in Plant Evolution -- Colloquium -- G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906-2000): An appreciation -- Solution to Darwin's dilemma: Discovery of the missing Precambrian record of life -- PIONEERING PATHFINDERS -- EMERGENCE OF A NEW FIELD OF SCIENCE -- LESSONS FROM THE HUNT -- The chimeric eukaryote: Origin of the nucleus from the karyomastigont in amitochondriate protists -- TWO DOMAINS, NOT THREE -- THE CHIMERA: ARCHAEBACTERIUM/EUBACTERIUM MERGER -- THE "THIODENDRON" STAGE -- KARYOMASTIGONTS PRECEDED NUCLEI -- Dynamic evolution of plant mitochondrial genomes: Mobile genes and introns and highly variable mutation rates -- The evolution of RNA viruses: A population genetics view -- RNA VIRUSES: BIOLOGICAL AND POPULATION PROPERTIES -- RNA VIRUSES MEET THE POPULATION GENETICS THEORY OF EVOLUTION: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND -- EXPERIMENTAL VIRUS MODEL AND FITNESS ASSAYS -- THE DYNAMICS OF DELETERIOUS MUTATIONS IN FINITE POPULATIONS -- ADAPTATION: COMPETITION IN CONSTANT, CHANGING, AND SUBDIVIDED ENVIRONMENTS -- CLONAL INTERFERENCE IMPOSES A LIMIT ON THE RATE OF VIRUS ADAPTATION -- NUCLEOTIDE DIVERSITY AND FITNESS RECOVERY IN THE EVOLUTION OF A HIGHLY DEBILITATED VSV EXPERIMENTAL POPULATION: THE SAMPLING -- QUASISPECIES AND POPULATION GENETICS THEORIES OF THE EVOLUTION OF RNA VIRUSES.
Effects of passage history and sampling bias on phylogenetic reconstruction of human influenza A evolution -- DESCRIPTION OF DATA SET AND DEFINITION OF TERMS -- HYPOTHESIS 1: HM MUTATIONS -- HYPOTHESIS 2: SAMPLING BIAS -- DISCUSSION -- Bacteria are different: Observations, interpretations, speculations, and opinions about the mechanisms of adaptive evolution -- OBSERVATIONS -- INTERPRETATIONS, SPECULATIONS, AND OPINIONS -- CONCLUSION -- Evolution of RNA editing in trypanosome mitochondria -- KINETOPLASTID PROTISTS CONSIST OF TWO MAJOR GROUPS: THE TRYPANOSOMATIDS AND THE BODONIDS -- KINETOPLASTIDS CONTAIN A SINGLE EXTENDED TUBULAR MITOCHONDRION WITH AN UNUSUAL MITOCHONDRIAL DNA -- U-INSERTION/DELETION RNA EDITING -- C TO U EDITING AND THE ORIGIN OF URIDINE-INSERTION EDITING IN TRYPANOSOMES -- CONCLUSIONS -- Population structure and recent evolution of Plasmodium falciparum -- THE MALARIA PLAGUE AND CONTROL EFFORTS -- EVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION OF P. FALCIPARUM WITH THE HOMINID LINEAGE -- MALARIA'S EVE: RECENT ORIGIN OF P. FALCIPARUM WORLD POPULATIONS -- THE RECENT ORIGIN OF P. FALCIPARUM POPULATIONS VIS-À-VIS ANTIGENIC POLYMORPHISMS -- THE CSP -- CRYPTIC REPEATS IN THE MSP-1 POLYMORPHISM -- MSP-2 POLYMORPHISM -- ANTIGENIC POLYMORPHISM, INTRAGENIC RECOMBINATION, AND POPULATION STRUCTURE -- Transposons and genome evolution in plants -- THE DISCOVERY OF TRANSPOSITION -- PLANT TRANSPOSONS IN THE AGE OF GENOMICS -- WHAT DO TRANSPOSONS DO? -- THE PARADOX -- SYNTENY AND DIVERGENCE -- PLANT GENOMES EXPAND -- TRANSPOSITION -- AMPLIFICATION AND REARRANGEMENT -- GENOME CONTRACTION -- CONTROLLING TRANSCRIPTION, RECOMBINATION, AND TRANSPOSITION -- HOMOLOGY-DEPENDENT GENE SILENCING -- THE ORIGIN OF TRANSPOSONS AND METHYLATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- Maize as a model for the evolution of plant nuclear genomes -- POLYPLOIDY AND CHROMOSOMAL DUPLICATION. MULTIPLICATION OF REPEAT SEQUENCES -- GENETIC VARIATION IN GENES ALONG CHROMOSOMES -- Flower color variation: A model for the experimental study of evolution -- CONCLUSIONS -- Gene genealogies and population variation in plants -- Toward a new synthesis: Major evolutionary trends in the angiosperm fossil record -- WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT EARLY ANGIOSPERM DIVERSITY DURING THE CRETACEOUS? -- HOW HAS ANGIOSPERM REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY CHANGED THROUGH TIME? -- WHY DID ANGIOSPERMS EVOLVE? -- Reproductive systems and evolution in vascular plants -- MODES OF REPRODUCTION -- CONSEQUENCES OF REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS -- EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS -- THE COST OF SEX -- CONCLUSIONS -- Hybridization as a stimulus for the evolution of invasiveness in plants? -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- The role of genetic and genomic attributes in the success of polyploids -- ALLO- VERSUS AUTOPOLYPLOIDY -- INCREASED HETEROZYGOSITY -- OUTCROSSING RATES IN POLYPLOIDS AND THEIR DIPLOID PROGENITORS -- THE GENETIC IMPLICATIONS OF RECURRENT POLYPLOID FORMATION -- GENOME REARRANGEMENTS IN POLYPLOIDS -- ANCIENT POLYPLOIDY AND GENE SILENCING -- CONCLUSIONS -- 2001 Order Form. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816704603321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 2000 | ||
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Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology / / edited by Francisco J. Ayala and Robert Arp
| Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology / / edited by Francisco J. Ayala and Robert Arp |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Disciplina |
570.1
574.01 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AyalaFrancisco Jose <1934->
ArpRobert |
| Collana | Contemporary debates in philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Biology - Philosophy
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-283-20471-1
9786613204714 1-119-97240-X 1-4443-1492-0 1-4443-1493-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology""; ""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""General Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""PART I IS IT POSSIBLE TOREDUCE BIOLOGICALEXPLANATIONS TOEXPLANATIONS INCHEMISTRY AND/ORPHYSICS?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER ONE It Is Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics""; ""CHAPTER TWO It Is Not Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics""
""PART II HAVE TRAITS EVOLVED TO FUNCTION THE WAY THEY DO BECAUSE OF A PAST ADVANTAGE?""""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER THREE Traits Have Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage""; ""CHAPTER FOUR Traits Have Not Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage""; ""PART III ARE SPECIES REAL?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER FIVE Species Are Real Biological Entities""; ""CHAPTER SIX Species Are Not Uniquely Real Biological Entities""; ""PART IV DOES SELECTION OPERATE PRIMARILY ON GENES?"" ""Introduction""""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN Selection Does Operate Primarily on Genes: In Defense of the Gene as the Unit of Selection""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT Selection Does Not Operate Primarily on Genes""; ""PART V ARE MICROEVOLUTION AND MACROEVOLUTION GOVERNED BY THE SAME PROCESSES?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER NINE Microevolution and Macroevolution are Governed by the Same Processes""; ""CHAPTER TEN Microevolution and Macroevolution Are Not Governed by the Same Processes"" ""PART VI DOES EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OFFER A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE TO THE NEO-DARWINIAN PARADIGM?""""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN Evolutionary Developmental Biology Offers a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE Evolutionary Developmental Biology Does Not Offer a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm""; ""PART VII WERE THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE HUMAN MIND SOLIDIFIED DURING THE PLEISTOCENE EPOCH?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading"" ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch""""CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Not Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch""; ""PART VIII DOES MEMETICS PROVIDE A USEFUL WAY OF UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL EVOLUTION?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER FIFTEEN Memetics Does Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution""; ""CHAPTER SIXTEEN Memetics Does Not Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution"" ""PART IX CAN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ACT AS A GROUND FOR ETHICS?"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139967303321 |
| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2010 | ||
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Human evolution : trails from the past / / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala
| Human evolution : trails from the past / / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala |
| Autore | Cela Conde Camilo Jose |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 437 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina | 569.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AyalaFrancisco Jose <1934-> |
| Collana | Oxford biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Paleoanthropology Human evolution |
| ISBN |
9786611160272
1-281-16027-X 0-19-152443-3 1-4356-0973-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface : Homo sapiens, the rational animal -- Evolution, genetics, and systematics -- The evolution of hominoids -- The hominin lineage -- Miocene and Pliocene genera and species -- Pliocene hominins : South Africa and the Rift Valley -- The Pliocene cladogenesis : paranthropus versus homo -- The radiation of homo -- Evolutionary characteristics of the erectus grade -- The late-Pleistocene transition -- The uniqueness of being human. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816320303321 |
Cela Conde Camilo Jose
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
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Systematics and the origin of species : on Ernst Mayr's 100th anniversary / / Jody Hey, Walter M. Fitch, and Francisco Ayasla, editors
| Systematics and the origin of species : on Ernst Mayr's 100th anniversary / / Jody Hey, Walter M. Fitch, and Francisco Ayasla, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiii, 367 p |
| Disciplina | 576.8/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MayrErnst <1904-2005.>
HeyJody FitchWalter M. <1929-2011.> AyalaFrancisco Jose <1934-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Species
Biology |
| ISBN |
0-309-16510-5
1-282-08319-8 9786612083198 0-309-54760-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introductory Essay: Systematics and the Future of Biology--EDWARD O. WILSON -- Part I--THE ORIGINS OF SPECIES BARRIERS -- 2 The Genetic Basis of Reproductive Isolation: Insights from Drosophila--H. ALLEN ORR -- 3 Inter-Locus Antagonistic Coevolution as an Engine of Speciation: Assessment with Hemiclonal Analysis--WILLIAM R. RICE, JODELL E. LINDER, URBAN FRIBERG, TIMOTHY A. LEW, EDWARD H. MORROW, AND ANDREW D. STEWART -- 4 Chromosome Speciation: Humans, Drosophila, and Mosquitoes--FRANCISCO J. AYALA AND MARIO COLUZZI -- 5 Developmental Plasticity and the Origin of Species Differences--MARY JANE WEST-EBERHARD -- Part II--DISCERNING RECENT DIVERGENCE -- 6 Speciation in Birds: Genes, Geography, and Sexual Selection--SCOTT V. EDWARDS, SARAH B. KINGAN, JENNIFER D. CALKINS, CHRISTOPHER N. BALAKRISHNAN, W. BRYAN JENNINGS, WILLIE J. SWANSON, AND MICHAEL D. SORENSON -- 7 Critical Review of Host Specificity and Its Coevolutionary Implications in the Fig/Fig-Wasp Mutualism--CARLOS A. MACHADO, NANCY ROBBINS, M. THOMAS P. GILBERT, AND EDWARD ALLEN HERRE -- 8 Evolutionary Animation: How Do Molecular Phylogenies Compare to Mayr's Reconstruction of Speciation Patterns in the Sea?--STEPHEN R. PALUMBI AND H. A. LESSIOS -- 9 Mayr, Dobzhansky, and Bush and the Complexities of Sympatric Speciation in Rhagoletis--JEFFREY L. FEDER, XIANFA XIE, JUAN RULL, SEBASTIAN VELEZ, ANDREW FORBES, BRIAN LEUNG, HATTIE DAMBROSKI, KENNETH E. FILCHAK, AND MARTIN ALUJA -- 10 On the Origin of Lake Malawi Cichlid Species: A Population Genetic Analysis of Divergence--YONG-JIN WON, ARJUN SIVASUNDAR, YONG WANG, AND JODY HEY -- Part III--THE NATURE OF SPECIES AND THE MEANING OF ''SPECIES''.
11 A Multidimensional Approach for Detecting Species Patterns in Malagasy Vertebrates--ANNE D. YODER, LINK E. OLSON, CAROL HANLEY, KELLIE L. HECKMAN, RODIN RASOLOARISON, AMY L. RUSSELL, JULIE RANIVO, VOAHANGY SOARIMALALA, K. PRAVEEN KARANTH, ACH -- 12 Examining Bacterial Species Under the Specter of Gene Transfer and Exchange--HOWARD OCHMAN, EMMANUELLE LERAT, AND VINCENT DAUBIN -- 13 Ernst Mayr and the Modern Concept of Species--KEVIN DE QUEIROZ -- Part IV--GENOMIC APPROACHES AND NEW INSIGHTS ON DIVERSITY -- 14 Decoding the Genomic Tree of Life--ANNE B. SIMONSON, JACQUELINE A. SERVIN, RYAN G. SKOPHAMMER, CRAIG W. HERBOLD, MARIA C. RIVERA, AND JAMES A. LAKE -- 15 Prospects for Identifying Functional Variation Across the Genome--STUART J. MACDONALD AND ANTHONY D. LONG -- 16 Genetics and Genomics of Drosophila Mating Behavior--TRUDY F. C. MACKAY, STEFANIE L. HEINSOHN, RICHARD F. LYMAN, AMANDA J. MOEHRING, THEODORE J. MORGAN, AND STEPHANIE M. ROLLMANN -- 17 Genomes, Phylogeny, and Evolutionary Systems Biology--MÓNICA MEDINA -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807871003321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005 | ||
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Tempo and mode in evolution : genetics and paleontology 50 years after Simpson / / Walter M. Fitch, Francisco J. Ayala, editors
| Tempo and mode in evolution : genetics and paleontology 50 years after Simpson / / Walter M. Fitch, Francisco J. Ayala, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
| Disciplina | 575 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FitchWalter M. <1929-2011.>
AyalaFrancisco Jose <1934-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Genetics Paleontology |
| ISBN |
0-309-17649-2
1-280-19329-8 9786610193295 0-309-55267-2 0-585-03722-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Tempo And Mode In Evolution""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Contents""; ""PART I EARLY LIFE""; ""1 Tempo, Mode, the Progenote, and the Universal Root""; ""STAGES IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE CELLULAR INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM""; ""THE BASIC KINDS OF LIVING THINGS""; ""THE WOESIAN REVOLUTION""; ""ROOTING THE UNIVERSAL TREE""; ""IMPLICATIONS OF THE ROOTING FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF TEMPO AND MODE IN EARLY CELLULAR EVOLUTION""; ""But Is the Rooting Right?""; ""Where Next?""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""
""2 Phylogeny from Function: The Origin of tRNA Is in Replication, not Translation""""METHODS""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""3 Disparate Rates, Differing Fates: Tempo and Mode of Evolutionm Changed from the Precambrian to the Phanerozoic""; ""TEMPOS OF EVOLUTION""; ""CYANOBACTERIAL HYPOBRADYTELY""; ""SURVIVAL OF THE ECOLOGICALLY UNSPECIALIZED""; ""A BIPARTITE VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF LIFE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""4 Proterozoic and Early Cambrian Protists: Evidence for Accelerating Evolutionary Tempo"" ""THE NATURE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE RECORD""""EARLY EUKARYOTIC FOSSILS: A NARRATIVE RECORD""; ""ESTIMATES OF EVOLUTIONARY TEMPO""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""PART II MACROEVOLUTION""; ""5 Late Precambrian Bilaterians: Grades and Clades""; ""APPEARANCE OF PHYLA IN THE FOSSIL RECORD""; ""THE RISE OF BODY-PLAN COMPLEXITY""; ""PHYLOGENETIC MODELS AND BODY PLANS""; ""TEMPO AND MODE AND BODY PLANS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""6 The Role of Extinction in Evolution""; ""CHARLES DARWIN ON EXTINCTION""; ""GEORGE GAYLORD SIMPSON ON EXTINCTION"" ""THE RECORD OF EXTINCTION""""EPISODES OF EXTINCTION""; ""SELECTIVITY""; ""CAUSES OF EXTINCTION""; ""THE ROLE OF EXTINCTION""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""7 Tempo and Mode in the Macroevolutionary Reconstruction of Darwinism""; ""DARWIN'S UNIFORMITARIANISM AND THE DOWNGRADING OF MACROEVOLUTION""; ""TEMPO AND MODE: A POTENTIAL SOLUTION UNDERMINED""; ""A SOLUTION IN BONDED INDEPENDENCE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8 Morphological Evolution Through Complex Domains of Fitness""; ""PLANTS AS A VENUE FOR SIMULATED WALKS""; ""SINGLE- VERSUS MULTI-TASK WALKS"" ""WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS OF SIMULATED WALKS""""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""PART III HUMAN EVOLUTION""; ""9 Tempo and Mode in Human Evolution""; ""SPECIES, CLADES, AND PHYLOGENY""; ""BIPEDALISM AND THE POSTCRANIUM""; ""MASTICATION""; ""ENCEPHALIZATION""; ""STASIS, PUNCTUATION, AND TRENDS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""10 Molecular Genetics of Speciation and Human Origins""; ""SPECIATION BY FOUNDER EFFECT""; ""THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX""; ""TRANS-SPECIFIC POLYMORPHISMS""; ""EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE DRB1 GENE LOCUS""; ""PERSISTENCE OF POLYMORPHISMS"" ""EVOLUTIONARY SUBSTITUTIONS AND COALESCENCE THEORY"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817171103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 | ||
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Variation and evolution in plants and microorganisms : toward a new synthesis 50 years after Stebbins / / Francisco J. Ayala, Walter M. Fitch, and Michael T. Clegg, editors
| Variation and evolution in plants and microorganisms : toward a new synthesis 50 years after Stebbins / / Francisco J. Ayala, Walter M. Fitch, and Michael T. Clegg, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 581.3/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AyalaFrancisco Jose <1934->
FitchWalter M. <1929-2011.> CleggMichael T. <1941-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Plants - Evolution
Plants - Variation |
| ISBN |
0-309-17226-8
0-309-50188-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Part I EARLY EVOLUTION AND THE ORIGIN OF CELLS""; ""1 G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906�2000) � An Appreciation""; ""2 Solution to Darwin�s Dilemma: Discovery of the Missing Precambrian Record of Life""; ""3 The Chimeric Eukaryote: Origin of the Nucleus from the Karyomastigont in Amitochondriate Protists""; ""4 Dynamic Evolution of Plant Mitochondrial Genomes: Mobile Genes and Introns and Highly Variable Mutation Rates""; ""Part II VIRAL AND BACTERIAL MODELS""; ""5 The Evolution of RNA Viruses: A Population Genetics View""
""6 Effects of Passage History and Sampling Bias on Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Human Influenza A Evolution""""7 Bacteria are Different: Observations, Interpretations, Speculations, and Opinions About the Mechanisms of Adaptive Evolution in Prokaryotes""; ""Part III PROTOCTIST MODELS""; ""8 Evolution of RNA Editing in Trypanosome Mitochondria""; ""9 Population Structure and Recent Evolution of Plasmodium falciparum""; ""Part IV POPULATION VARIATION""; ""10 Transposons and Genome Evolution in Plants""; ""11 Maize as a Model for the Evolution of Plant Nuclear Genomes"" ""12 Flower Color Variation: A Model for the Experimental Study of Evolution""""13 Gene Genealogies and Population Variation in Plants""; ""Part V TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN PLANT EVOLUTION""; ""14 Toward a New Synthesis: Major Evolutionary Trends in the Angiosperm Fossil Record""; ""15 Reproductive Systems and Evolution in Vascular Plants""; ""16 Hybridization as a Stimulus for the Evolution of Invasiveness in Plants?""; ""17 The Role of Genetic and Genomic Attributes in the Success of Polyploids""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825653103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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