Evolutionary biologists have produced a solid body of evidence to explain patterns of diversification, both within and among species. Recent textbooks are weighted towards studies of animals, although many studies have also been carried out on plants. This book aims to set the record straight by placing the wealth of data that have been collected on plants into the unifying framework of game theory. This allows testing of the theory of natural selection in some cases, while in other cases highlighting the need for additional data collection and theoretical development.
Evolutionary biologists have produced a solid body of evidence to explain patterns of diversification, both within and among species. Recent textbooks are weighted towards studies of animals, although many studies have also been carried out on plants. This book aims to set the record straight by placing the wealth of data that have been collected on plants into the unifying framework of game theory. This allows testing of the theory of natural selection in some cases, while in other cases highlighting the need for additional data collection and theoretical development.
Tom De Jong is a Professor in the Institute of Biology, Leiden University. His research focuses on aspects of the ecology and evolution of dioecious plants.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Optimisation models 2. Investments, returns and proportionality 3. Gain curves: efficiency factors 4. Evolutionary stable strategies: sex allocation strategies as an example 5. Size at flowering 6. Reproductive effort 7. Size and number trade-offs: the evolution of seed size 8. Sex allocation theory for partially selfing plants 9. Size dependent sex allocation 10. Sex ratios in dioecious plants 11. Outcrossing, selfing or no sex at all? 12. Heterostyly 13. Selective embryo abortion 14. Attractiveness to pollinators 15. Parent-offspring conflict 16. Intragenomic conflict 17. Group and kin selection Appendix 1. Mathematical help References.
1. Optimisation models 2. Investments, returns and proportionality 3. Gain curves: efficiency factors 4. Evolutionary stable strategies: sex allocation strategies as an example 5. Size at flowering 6. Reproductive effort 7. Size and number trade-offs: the evolution of seed size 8. Sex allocation theory for partially selfing plants 9. Size dependent sex allocation 10. Sex ratios in dioecious plants 11. Outcrossing, selfing or no sex at all? 12. Heterostyly 13. Selective embryo abortion 14. Attractiveness to pollinators 15. Parent-offspring conflict 16. Intragenomic conflict 17. Group and kin selection Appendix 1. Mathematical help References.
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