Download or read book Evolution and the Genetics of Populations Volume 3 written by Sewall Wright and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 3.
Download or read book Experimental Results and Evolutionary Deductions written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evolution and the Genetics of Populations Experimental results and evolutionary deductions written by Sewall Wright and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Experimental Results and Evolutionary Deductions written by Sewall Wright and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evolution and the Genetics of Populations written by Sewall Wright and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inbreeding depression and heterosis: plants. Inbreeding in animals: Differentiation and depression. Variability under Inbreeding and crossbreeding. Genotypic persistence in inbred lines and clones. The course of directional selection. Artificial Selection Excluding Insects. Articicial selection with insects. Natural selection in the laboratory. Experimental stochastic distributions of gene frequencies. Mutation and selection. Theories of evolutuion: mutation and mass selection. Shifting balance theories of evolution. Genetic load and genetic variability. The evolution of dominance. Breeds of livestock.
Download or read book Evolution and the Genetics of Populations written by Sewall Wright and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These volumes discuss evolutionary biology through the lense of population genetics.
Download or read book Evolution and the Genetics of Populations written by S. Wright and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.1- Genetic and biometrics foundations. v. 2. The theory of gene frequencies. v.3. Experimental results and evolutionary deductions. v.4. Viability withing and among natural populations.
Download or read book Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry written by Multiple authors and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2016, it was 60 years since the eminent Soviet researcher, a disciple and a successor of Ivan Pavlov, Leon Orbeli had proclaimed the birth of a new branch of physiology, evolutionary physiology. In the same year, his ideas were embodied in the foundation in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, of the present Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. This anniversary book includes the selected works carried out recently by his followers at the same institute. While addressing some hot aspects of evolutionary physiology and biochemistry, they demonstrate that this branch of physiology really represents a discipline in its own right.
Download or read book Mutation and Evolution written by Ronny C. Woodruff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although debated since the time of Darwin, the evolutionary role of mutation is still controversial. In over 40 chapters from leading authorities in mutation and evolutionary biology, this book takes a new look at both the theoretical and experimental measurement and significance of new mutation. Deleterious, nearly neutral, beneficial, and polygenic mutations are considered in their effects on fitness, life history traits, and the composition of the gene pool. Mutation is a phenomenon that draws attention from many different disciplines. Thus, the extensive reviews of the literature will be valuable both to established researchers and to those just beginning to study this field. Through up-to-date reviews, the authors provide an insightful overview of each topic and then share their newest ideas and explore controversial aspects of mutation and the evolutionary process. From topics like gonadal mosaicism and mutation clusters to adaptive mutagenesis, mutation in cell organelles, and the level and distribution of DNA molecular changes, the foundation is set for continuing the debate about the role of mutation, fitness, and adaptability. It is a debate that will have profound consequences for our understanding of evolution.
Download or read book Rates of Evolution written by K.S.W. Campbell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1987 Rates of Evolution is an edited collection drawn from a symposium convened to bring together palaeontologists, geneticists, molecular biologists and developmental biologists to examine some aspects of the problem of evolutionary rates. The book asks questions surrounding the study of evolution, such as did large morphological changes really occur rapidly at various times in the geological past, or is the fossil record too imperfect to be of value in assessing rates of morphological change? What is the measure of ‘rapid’ change? Is stasis at any taxonomic level established? Is it possible to relate genomic and morphological change? What is the role of regulatory and executive genes in controlling evolutionary change? Does the transfer of genetic material between different taxa provide the possibility of increasing evolutionary rates? Featuring contributions from leading researchers, this book will interest anthropologists, palaeontology and scientists of evolution and genetics.
Download or read book The Evolution of Anisogamy written by Tatsuya Togashi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-14 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darwin identified the existence of separate male and female gametes as one of the central mysteries of evolutionary biology. 150 years later, the question of why male gametes exist remains an intriguing puzzle. In this, the first book solely devoted to the evolution of anisogamy, top theorists in the field explore why gamete dimorphism characterizes nearly all plants and animals. Did separate male and female gametes evolve as a result of competition, or does anisogamy instead represent selection for cooperation? If disruptive selection drove the evolution of anisogamy, with male gametes focused on search and fusion, and female gametes provisioning the new zygote, why do some algal species continue to produce gametes of a single size? Does sperm limitation, or escape from infection, better explain the need for extremely small, highly mobile sperm? Written by leaders in the field, this volume offers an authoritative and cutting-edge overview of evolutionary theory.
Download or read book Evolutionary Genetics written by R. S. Singh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-03-28 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings out the central role of evolutionary genetics in all aspects of its connection to evolutionary biology.
Download or read book Molecular Evolutionary Genetics written by Masatoshi Nei and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- "The Scientist"
Download or read book Progress and Prospects in Evolutionary Biology written by Jeffrey R. Powell and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The common fruitfly, Drosophila, is the most extensively studied of all organisms in genetical research. Thus, it would appear to be the best model for achieving new insights. Its use in evolutionary studies has resulted in an explosion of knowledge which has never before been gathered into a single volume. This book spans the full range of evolutionary studies - population genetics, ecology, ecological genetics, speciation, phylogenetics, genome evolution, molecular; evolution, and development. In covering these topics, highlights of empirical research are emphasized and are put into the context of major issues in evolution.
Download or read book The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution written by Motoo Kimura and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985-01-10 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motoo Kimura, as founder of the neutral theory, is uniquely placed to write this book. He first proposed the theory in 1968 to explain the unexpectedly high rate of evolutionary change and very large amount of intraspecific variability at the molecular level that had been uncovered by new techniques in molecular biology. The theory - which asserts that the great majority of evolutionary changes at the molecular level are caused not by Darwinian selection but by random drift of selectively neutral mutants - has caused controversy ever since. This book is the first comprehensive treatment of this subject and the author synthesises a wealth of material - ranging from a historical perspective, through recent molecular discoveries, to sophisticated mathematical arguments - all presented in a most lucid manner.
Download or read book Evolution and the Genetics of Populations Volume 4 written by Sewall Wright and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1984-06-15 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These volumes discuss evolutionary biology through the lense of population genetics.
Download or read book Mutation Driven Evolution written by Masatoshi Nei and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. The theory asserts, perhaps somewhat controversially, that the driving force behind evolution is mutation, with natural selection being of only secondary importance. The word 'mutation' is used to describe any kind of change in DNA such as nucleotide substitution, gene duplication/deletion, chromosomal change, and genome duplication. A brief history of the principal evolutionary theories (Darwinism, mutationism, neo-Darwinism, and neo-mutationism) that preceded the theory of mutation-driven evolution is also presented in the context of the last 150 years of research. However, the core of the book is concerned with recent studies of genomics and the molecular basis of phenotypic evolution, and their relevance to mutation-driven evolution. In contrast to neo-Darwinism, mutation-driven evolution is capable of explaining real examples of evolution such as the evolution of olfactory receptors, sex-determination in animals, and the general scheme of hybrid sterility. In this sense the theory proposed is more realistic than its predecessors, and gives a more logical explanation of various evolutionary events. Mutation-Driven Evolution is suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers (both empiricists and theoreticians) in the fields of molecular evolution and population genetics. It assumes that the readers are acquainted with basic knowledge of genetics and molecular biology.
