Evolutionary Genetics and Environmental Stress
Ary A. Hoffmann(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 1. December 1990
Book
Hardback
293 pages
978-0-19-857732-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book concentrates on evolutionary change under environmental stress at levels ranging from the molecular to the biogeographic, with an emphasis on genetic aspects. This approach contrasts with much of the literature of evolutionary biology, as the emphasis here is upon the extreme end of the stress gradient in terms of resistance. Major topics in this interdisciplinary book include the concept of stress and its evolutionary and ecological importance, genetic variation in stress response and the effects of stress on genetic variation, and costs and trade-offs involving stress responses. An approach to stress resistance in terms of energetics permits the development of links between genetics, ecology, physiology, and behaviour. The book concludes with applications concerning range expansions of species, conservation strategies, and pollution effects.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures and tables throughout, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-857732-4 (9780198577324)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The evolutionary and ecological importance of environmental stress; stress and protein variation; genetic variation in stress response; effects of stress on genetic variation; general stress resistance; stress response, costs and trade-offs; stress, species margins and conservation.