The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2009, Volume 1168

Herausgeber: Schlichting, Carl D; Mousseau, Timothy A

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 175mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781573317542
• ISBN-10: 1573317543
• Artikelnr.: 35370927

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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).