Magurran, Matt May

Evolution of Biological Diversity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Recent studies have discovered considerable genetic and morphological variation between and within populations of the same species. Yet the relation between this intraspecific variation and the processes of speciation remains poorly understood. When, how, and why do new species arrive?Evolution of Biological Diversity, with a prominent assortment of contributors, is an extensive review of the most recent research into this and other questions of biological diversity and the processes of speciation. Major chapters explore how variation occurs within species by emphasizing the ecological and behavioral basis of differentiation while others argue for the role of natural selection. Several chapters focus on the important emerging links between sexual selection, sexual conflict, and population differentiation. The final chapters of the book take a broader perspective on the question and explore the fossil record for data on the origination of species diversity - and extinction - in the past. This book is a necessity for all researchers and graduate students in the biological sciences seeking the latest findings on the evolution of biological diversity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 559g
• ISBN-13: 9780198503040
• ISBN-10: 0198503040
• Artikelnr.: 21036310

Autorenporträt

Anne Magurran is Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the University of St Andrews. Tel. [phone] Fax. [phone] Email: [e-mail] Sir Bob May is Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government, and is based at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Coyne and Orr: The evolutionary genetics of speciation
* 2: Tregenza and Butlin: Genetic diversity: Do market genes tell us
the whole story?
* 3: Harwood and Amos: Genetic diversity in natural populations
* 4: Skulason, Snorrason, and Jonsson: Sympatric morphs, populations,
and speciation in freshwater fish with emphsis on arctic charr
* 5: Price: Sexual selection and natural selection in bird speciation
* 6: Turner: Explosive speciation of African cichlid fishes
* 7: Partridge and Parker: Sexual conflict and speciation
* 8: Magurran: Population differentiation without speciation
* 9: Tautz and Schmid: From genes to individuals - Developmental genes
and the generation of the phenotype
* 10: Barraclough, Vogler, and Harvey: Revealing the factors that
promote speciation
* 11: Gould: Gulliver's further travels: The necessity and difficulty
of a hierarchical theory of selection
* 12: Gaston and Chown: Geographic range size and speciation
* 13: Sepkoski: Rates of speciation in the fossil record
* 14: Conway Morris: The evolution of diversity in ancient ecosystems:
A review