This volume features an important collection of review articles highlighting the top science and developments in the field of evolutionary biology. INDICE: Preface: Carl D. Schlichting and Timothy A. Mousseau Part I: Review and Synthesis: 1. The Origin and Early Evolution of Angiosperms: Douglas E. Soltis, Charles D. Bell, Sangtae Kim, and Pamela S. Soltis 2. Why Are Sex and Recombination So Common?: Lilach Hadany and Josep M. Comeron 3. Phenotypic Plasticity, Costs of Phenotypes, and Costs of Plasticity: Toward an Integrative View: Hilary S. Callahan, Heather Maughan, and Ulrich K. Steiner 4. TheoreticalApproaches to the Evolution of Development and Genetic Architecture: Sean H. Rice 5. The Interplay between Ecological Communities and Evolution: Review of Feedbacks from Microevolutionary to Macroevolutionary Scales: Jon R. Haloin and Sharon Y. Strauss 6. Viviparity-driven Conflict: More to Speciation than Meets the Fly: Jeanne A. Zeh and David W. Zeh Part II: Perspectives: 7. Maternal Effects as Generators of Evolutionary Change: A Reassessment: Alexander V. Badyaev 8. Near Neutrality: Leading Edge of the Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution: Austin L. Hughes 9. Interactions between Interactions: Predator-Prey, Parasite-Host, and Mutualistic Interactions: Anders Pape Møller 10. Hidden Reaction Norms, Cryptic Genetic Variation, and Evolvability: Carl D. Schlichting Index of Contributors
- ISBN: 978-1-57331-724-5
- Editorial: New York Academy of Science
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 452
- Fecha Publicación: 27/07/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés