Evolutionary Biology
Volume 30
Published on 30. April 1998
Book
Hardback
XIV, 370 pages
978-0-306-45674-9 (ISBN)
Description
After volume 33, this book series was replaced by the journal "Evolutionary Biology." Please visit www.springer.com/11692 for further information. Volume 30 brings readers up to date on the investigation of eminent evolutionary biologists and paleobiologists. Contributions explore such topics as * Adaptation in Drosophila and the role of cytochrome P450s * Population genetics and species conservation of the cheetah * germ-layer theory * assymetry in the mammalian skeleton * genetic diversity of marine fish * the phenomenon of industrial melanism * the variation in lizard cranal kinesis.Other chapters focus on such issues as overdominance and its relation to higher mutation-rate estimates and the use of molecular clocks in determining the rate of nucleotide substitution in higher plants.
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` All-in-all this is an entertaining and valuable book; have fun reading it. 'Heredity, 82:227-228 (1999)
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Series
Edition
1998 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XIV, 370 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
721 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-45674-9 (9780306456749)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4899-1751-5
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Content
1. Overdominance: A Half-Century Later.- 2. The Molecular Basis of Adaptation in Drosophila: The Role of Cytochrome P450s.- 3. Intersection of Population Genetics and Species Conservation: The Cheetah's Dilemma.- 4. Molecular Clocks and Nucleotide Substitution Rates in Higher Plants.- 5. Germ Layers and the Germ-Layer Theory Revisited: Primary and Secondary Germ Layers, Neural Crest as a Fourth Germ Layer, Homology, and Demise of the Germ-Layer Theory.- 6. Fluctuating Asymmetry in the Mammalian Skeleton: Evolutionary and Developmental Implications.- 7. Genetic Diversity and Dispersal Capabilities in Marine Fish.- 8. The "Classical" Explanation of Industrial Melanism: Assessing the Evidence.- 9. Cranial Kinesis in Lizards: Variations, Uses, and Origins.