Rees Kassen (McGill University, McGill University, Professor of Evo

Experimental Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity

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Produktbeschreibung

Draws on more than three decades of research in microbial experimental evolution to provide a sketch of a general, empirically grounded theory of biodiversity and the first synthetic treatment of experimental evolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 190mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780192898678
• ISBN-10: 0192898671
• Artikelnr.: 69727702

Autorenporträt

Rees Kassen is Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Trottier Professor of Science and Public Policy at McGill University. After completing his PhD in 2001, Rees did postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford, then joined the University of Ottawa in 2003. He moved to McGill in 2023. In addition to research and teaching, Rees is active at the interface between science, society, and policy, currently serving as Director of the Trottier Institute of Science and Public Policy at McGill.

Inhaltsangabe

Prefaces
Introduction: The Evolution of Biodiversity
1: An Introduction to Experimental Evolution
Part 1: Adaptation
2: Adaptation to a Single Environment
3: Divergent Selection
4: Variable Environments
5: Genomics of Adaptation
6: Repeated Evolution
7: Novelty and Innovation
Part 2: Diversification
8: Phenotypic Disparity
9: Coevolutionary Diversification
10: Rate and Extent of Diversification
11: Genomics of Diversification
Conclusion
12: The Nature of Biodiversity