Year in Evolutionary Biology 2008, Volume 1134 / Edition 1

by Carl D. Schlichting, Timothy A. Mousseau

Overview

This volume features an important collection of review articles highlighting the top science and developments in the field of evolutionary biology.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573317245
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	07/08/2008
Series:	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences , #2639
Pages:	452
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Carl D. Schlichting is the editor of Year in Evolutionary Biology 2008, Volume 1134, published by Wiley. Timothy A. Mousseau is the editor of Year in Evolutionary Biology 2008, Volume 1134, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

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. Theoretical Approaches 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