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- Experimental Evolution: Concepts, Methods, and Applications of Selection Experiments
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
Experimental approaches to evolution provide indisputable evidence of evolution by directly observing the process at work. Experimental evolution deliberately duplicates evolutionary processes—forcing life histories to evolve, producing adaptations to stressful environmental conditions, and generating lineage splitting to create incipient species. This unique volume summarizes studies in experimental evolution, outlining current techniques and applications, and presenting the field’s full range of research—from selection in the laboratory to the manipulation of populations in the wild. It provides work on such key biological problems as the evolution of Darwinian fitness, sexual reproduction, life history, athletic performance, and learning.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-xii
- List of Contributors
- pp. xiii-xviii
- 1. Darwin's Other Mistake
- pp. 3-14
- 11. Behavior in Neurobiology
- pp. 263-300
- 18. Evolution of Aging and Late Life
- pp. 551-584
- 20. Laboratory Experiments on Speciation
- pp. 631-656
- Part V: Conclusion
- pp. 657-658
- 21. A Critique of Experimental Phylogenetics
- pp. 659-670
- Production Notes
- p. 750
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520944473
Related ISBN(s)
9780520261808
MARC Record
OCLC
535997812
Pages
752
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No