Evolutionary Biology
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Paperback/Softback
XV, 472 pages
978-1-4615-6985-5 (ISBN)
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It is with pleasure that the editors dedicate this volume to William Camp- bell Steere, one of the founding editors of Evolutionary Biology. As Dr. Steere approaches his eightieth birthday we include in the volume a brief biography and a complete bibliography of his publications in celebration of his contributions to the biological sciences. The Editors Ix Contents 1. William Campbell Steere: An Outline of His Life and Continuing Career ...1 William R. Buck Bibliography of Publications of William Campbell Steere 5 2. Biochemical Systematics: II. A Reprise ...25 David E. Giannasi and Daniel J. Crawford Introduction ...25 Micromolecules ...28 Flavonoids ...28 Terpenoids ...49 Alkaloids ...83 ...Other Micromolecules of Chemosystematic Interest ...92 Micromolecules of Specific Plant Groups ...96 Lichens ...104 ...New Approaches in Micromolecular Chemosystematics ...112 C Metabolism...118 ...4 Paleobiochemistry ...120 Micromolecules: Biological and Evolutionary Considerations ...127 Macromolecules ...132 Electrophoresis ...133 Amino Acid Sequences ...155 Serology ...167 Nucleic Acids ...182 Conclusions and Future Prospects ...209 ...Micromolecules ...209 ...Macromolecules ...211 ...References .
..213 xl xii Contents 3. Species Selection As a Causal Process ...249 Norman L. Gilinsky Introduction ...249 Differential Rates of Extinction ...251 ...Differential Rates of Speciation: General Problems ...252 Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Reducibility ...254 Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Irreducibility Speciation via the Founder Principle ...257 ...Discussion ...262 Possible Examples of Species Selection: Hawaiian Drosophilidae ...262 Possible Examples of Species Selection: Tertiary Neogastropoda ...263 The Snail Example: Another Viewpoint ...267 . Species Selection and Randomness ...268 Species Selection and Punctuated Equilibria ...269 . .
..213 xl xii Contents 3. Species Selection As a Causal Process ...249 Norman L. Gilinsky Introduction ...249 Differential Rates of Extinction ...251 ...Differential Rates of Speciation: General Problems ...252 Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Reducibility ...254 Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Irreducibility Speciation via the Founder Principle ...257 ...Discussion ...262 Possible Examples of Species Selection: Hawaiian Drosophilidae ...262 Possible Examples of Species Selection: Tertiary Neogastropoda ...263 The Snail Example: Another Viewpoint ...267 . Species Selection and Randomness ...268 Species Selection and Punctuated Equilibria ...269 . .
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
29 s/w Abbildungen
XV, 472 p. 29 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
706 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4615-6985-5 (9781461569855)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-6983-1
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Max K. Hecht | Bruce Wallace | Ghillean T. Prance
Evolutionary Biology
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06/1986
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
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Content
1. William Campbell Steere: An Outline of His Life and Continuing Career.- Bibliography of Publications of William Campbell Steere.- 2. Biochemical Systematics: II. A Reprise.- Micromolecules.- Macromolecules.- Conclusions and Future Prospects.- References.- 3. Species Selection As a Causal Process.- Differential Rates of Extinction.- Differential Rates of Speciation: General Problems.- Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Reducibility.- Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Irreducibility Speciation via the Founder Principle.- Discussion.- Conclusions.- References.- Species Selection As a Causal Process: A Reply.- References.- 4. Species Are Individuals: A Review and Critique of the Argument.- Introduction: What Is an Individual?.- Heraclitus' Paradox.- The Organism As Paradigm.- The Firm As Paradigm.- Hydra As Paradigm.- Definitions, Words, and Things.- The Biological Species Concept.- Objectification of Species As Closed Systems.- Objectification of Species As Open Systems.- Pattern and Process: Complementary Views of Nature.- References.- 5. A Morphogenetic Approach to the Origin and Basic Organization of the Tetrapod Limb.- Morphogenesis and Homology: The Pattern of the Tetrapod Limb.- Invariance and Homology: The Pattern of the Tetrapod Limb.- Morphogenesis and Character Polarity: Von Baerian versus Haeckelian Recapitulation.- Recent Criticisms of Classical Views of Homology and Recapitulation of the Tetrapod Limb.- Developmental Patterns in the Limb Skeleton: Connectivity, Branching, and Segmentation.- to Developmental Bifurcations.- Review of Chondrogenesis.- Limb Patterning Viewed As a Hierarchical Sequence of "Branching" Events.- Branching, Segmentation, and de novo Condensation: Pattern and Process in Limb Development.- The Ground-Plan ofthe Tetrapod Limb.- The Metapterygial Axis of the Tetrapod Limb.- Embryonic Connectivity: A Reanalysis of the Metapterygial Axis.- Variance and Invariance in Limb Development.- Embryonic Connectivity: Causal Mechanism and Homology.- Conclusion: Comparative Morphology and Evolutionary Theory.- Summary.- Appendix: Symbols and Abbreviations.- References.- 6. Developmental Evidence for Amphibian Origins.- Characters.- Discussion.- Prognosis.- References.- 7. The Origin of Amphikinesis in Lizards: A Problem in Functional Morphology and the Evolution of Adaptive Systems.- Kinesis in Eosuchians.- Kinesis in Lizards.- Adaptive Significance of Kinesis.- The Origin of Lizards.- Evolution and Cranial Function.- The Attainment of Amphikinesis.- Theoretical Evolutionary Implications.- Summary.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Appendix C.- Appendix D.- Appendix E.- References.