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This volume features an important collection of review articles highlighting the top science and developments in the field of evolutionary biology. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www. blackwellpublishing. com/nyas.
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Preface (Carl D. Schlichting and Timothy A. Mousseau).

Part I. Review and Synthesis.

1. Toward a general theory of adaptive radiation: insights from microbial experimental evolution (Rees Kassen).

2. The evolutionary theory of Cancer (Camille Stephan-Otto Attolini and Franziska Michor).

3. Intralocus sexual conflict (G. Sander van Doorn).

4. Gene flow, invasiveness, and ecological impact of genetically modified crops (Suzanne I. Warwick, Hugh J. Beckie, and Linda M. Hall).

5. The covariance between genetic and environmental influences across ecological gradients: reassessing the evolutionary significance of countergradient and cogradient variation (David O. Conover, Tara A. Duffy, and Lyndie A. Hice).

6. Going adaptive: the saga of antibodies (Nadia Danilova and Chris T. Amemiya).

7. The genetics and ecology of reinforcement: implications for the evolution of prezygotic isolation in sympatry and beyond (Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, Alicia Grealy, and Patrik Nosil).

Part II. Perspectives.

8. What can asexual lineage age tell us about the maintenance of sex? (Maurine Neiman, Stephanie Meirmans, and Patrick G. Meirmans).

9. Predation on dependent offspring: A review of the consequences for mean expression and phenotypic plasticity in avian life history traits (Thomas E. Martin and James V. Briskie).

An extended synthesis for evolutionary biology (Massimo Pigliucci).

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781573317542
Publisert
2009-08-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Wiley-Blackwell
Vekt
508 gr
Høyde
255 mm
Bredde
179 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Om bidragsyterne

Carl D. Schlichting is the editor of The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2009, Volume 1168, published by Wiley. Timothy A. Mousseau is the editor of The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2009, Volume 1168, published by Wiley.