In search of the causes of evolution

from field observations to mechanisms

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In Search of the Causes of Evolution: From Field Observations to Mechanisms
2021, Princeton University Press
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2010, Princeton University Press
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Table of Contents

The
big picture : a tripartite view of life and environments through time -- Andrew H. Knoll and David T. Johnston
Macroevolutionary trends in time and space -- David Jablonski
Dinosaurs live! -- Philip J. Currie
Phylogeography and phylogenetics in the nuclear age -- Christopher N. Balakrishnan, June Y. Lee, and Scott V. Edwards -- The
flexibility of butterfly wing color patterns and evolution in morphospace -- Paul M. Brakefield and Mathieu Joron
Genetics, geology, and miracles -- David Kingsley
Evolutionary genetics of pigmentation loss in the blind Mexican cavefish -- Joshua B. Gross and Clifford J. Tabin -- A
developmental view of exaggerated growth and conditional expression in the weapons of sexual selection -- Douglas J. Emlen
How does morphology affect performance in variable environments? -- Mimi A.R. Koehl
In search of the elusive behavior gene -- Hopi E. Hoekstra
There must be finches -
Charles Darwin, prickly pears, and pollination biology -- May R. Berenbaum -- The
adaptive radiation of coevolving prodoxid moths and their host plants : Greya moths and yucca moths -- John N. Thompson
Ecological and geographical influences on the allopatric phase of island speciation -- Trevor Price ... [et al.]
Geographical mode and evolutionary mechanism of ecological speciation in cichlid fish -- Ole Seehausen and Isabel Santos Magalhaes -- A
tale of two radiations : similarities and differences in the evolutionary diversification of Darwin's finches and Greater Antillean Anolis lizards -- Jonathan B. Losos
Clarifying the mechanisms of evolution in sticklebacks using field studies of natural selection on genes -- Rowan D.H. Barrett and Dolph Schluter -- The
book and the future : perspective and prospective -- Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant -- A
festival for Rosemary and Peter Grant -- David B. Wake.

Edition Notes

Outgrowth of a symposium held on Sept. 5, 2008, at Princeton University, on the occasion of the editors' retirement from teaching. Cf. pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Princeton

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
576.8
Library of Congress
QH366.2 .I5 2010, QH366.2

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 380 p., 16 p. of plates :
Number of pages
380

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25343325M
ISBN 10
0691146810, 0691146950
ISBN 13
9780691146812, 9780691146959
LCCN
2010931117
OCLC/WorldCat
626823452

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