Experimental evolution : concepts, methods, and applications of selection experiments / edited by Theodore Garland, Jr., Michael R. Rose.

Other author Garland, Theodore, 1956-
Other author Rose, Michael R. (Michael Robertson), 1955-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxvii, 730 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects

Contents Darwin's other mistake / Michael R. Rose and Theodore Garland Jr. -- The importance of experimental studies in evolutionary biology / Douglas J. Futuyma and Albert F. Bennett -- Modeling experimental evolution using individual-based, variance-components models / Derek A. Roff and Daphne J. Fairbairn -- Experimental evolution from the bottom up / Daniel E. Dykhuizen and Anthony M. Dean -- Experimental evolutionary domestication / Pedro Simões, Josiane Santos, and Margarida Matos -- Long-term experimental evolution and adaptive radiation / Michael Travisano -- The experimental study of reverse evolution / Suzanne Estes and Henrique Teotónio -- Field experiments, introductions, and experimental evolution : a review and practical guide / Duncan J. Irschick and David Reznick -- Fitness, demography, and population dynamics in laboratory experiments / Laurence D. Mueller -- Laboratory selection studies of life-history physiology in insects / Anthony J. Zera and Lawrence G. Harshman -- Behavior and neurobiology / Justin S. Rhodes and Tadeusz J. Kawecki -- Selection experiments and experimental evolution of performance and physiology / John G. Swallow ... [et al.] -- Through a glass, clearly : experimental evolution as a window on adaptive genome evolution / Frank Rosenzweig and Gavin Sherlock -- Understanding evolution through the phages / Samantha E. Forde and Christine M. Jessup -- Experimental approaches to studying the evolution of animal form : the shape of things to come / W. Anthony Frankino, Douglas J. Emlen, and Alexander W. Shingleton -- Sexual exploits in experimental evolution / Paul E. Turner, Robert C. McBride, and Clifford W. Zeyl -- Physiological adaptation in laboratory environments / Allen G. Gibbs and Eran Gefen -- Evolution of aging and late life / Casandra L. Rauser ... [et al.] -- Theoretical and experimental approaches to the evolution of altruism and the levels of selection / Benjamin Kerr -- Laboratory experiments on speciation / James D. Fry -- A critique of experimental phylogenetics / Todd H. Oakley -- Laboratory evolution meets catch-22 : balancing simplicity and realism / Raymond B. Huey and Frank Rosenzweig.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 692-701) and index.
LCCN 2009015362
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