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The adaptive seascape : the mechanism of evolution / David J. Merrell.
| Author/creator | Merrell, David J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1994. |
| Description | x, 259 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The development of modern evolutionary theory : Darwin ; Mendelism ; Johannsen ; Population genetics ; The modern synthesis ; Further developments -- The factors of evolution : Mutation ; Selection ; Gene flow ; Genetic drift ; Directional, random, and unique events ; Other factors? -- The study of evolution : Individual traits ; The phenotype ; Group traits -- Adapation, natural selection, and fitness : Adaption ; Adaptedness, adaptation, and adaptability ; The evolution of DDT resistance ; Natural selection and adaptation ; Natural selection and fitness -- Nonadaptive evolution : Chance and evolution ; Chance and natural selection -- Factors enhancing genetic variability ; Factors restricting genetic variability ; The evolution of life cycles and genetic systems ; Genetic loads -- Gradual versus saltational evolution : Darwin, Huxley, and Galton ; Biometricians versus Mendelians ; The population geneticists ; The modern synthesists ; Goldschmidt and Gould ; Present views. |
| Contents | Evolutionary statics : Measuring variation ; Genetic polymorphism ; Balanced polymorphism ; Heterogeneous selection pressures -- Evolutionary dynamics : The genetics of evolution ; Gradual evolution ; The role of dominant genes in evolution ; Industrial melanism ; DDT resistance ; The origin of dominance ; The origin of dominance of the wild type ; The evolution of mimicry ; The evolution of Batesian mimicry ; The two-stage theory -- Patterns and modes of evolution : Polytypic variation ; The nature of species ; Patterns of evolution ; Modes of evolution ; Evolutionary rates ; The molecular clock ; The genetic system ; The mechanism of evolution ; The adaptive landscape -- The adaptive seascape : The fitness seascape ; Gene expression during development ; Variability and abundance ; The founder effect ; Homoselection and heteroselection ; Coadaptation ; Hard and soft selection ; Adaptive peaks and valleys ; Adaptation in leopard frogs ; Polymorphism in leopard frogs. |
| Contents | Controversies about evolution : Approaches to evolution ; Classical and balance theories of variation ; Adaptive neutrality ; Adaptation and molecular evolution ; Molecular and morphological evolution ; Cultural evolution ; Evolutionary complexity ; Group selection ; The origin of species --Evolutionary paradoxes : Asexuality and sexuality ; The cost of males ; The cost of meiosis ; The cost of recombination ; Inbreeding depression ; The sex ratio, parental investment, and reproductive value ; Social evolution ; The cost of natural selection ; Numquam ceteris paribus -- Behavior and evolution : The study of behavior ; Nature and nurture ; Heredity and behavior ; The difference between the sexes ; The biology of behavior ; Selection and behavior ; The role of the environment ; The evolution of the eye ; Regressive evolution ; The biological environment ; Approaches to the study of evolution. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 93029841 |
| ISBN | 0816623481 (acid-free) |
| ISBN | 0816623503 (pb : acid-free) |