Processes of organic evolution [by] G. Ledyard Stebbins.
Material type: TextSeries: Concepts of modern biology series: Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall 1966Description: xii, 191 pages illustrations, maps 23 cmSubject(s): Evolution (Biology) | �Evolution | 42.21 evolution | Evolution (Biology) | Evolution | �Evolution (biologie) | Biological Evolution | EVOLUTION | BIOLOGY | antropologie | anthropology | evolutie | genetische variatie | genetic variation | genetica | genetics | immunogenetica | immunogenetics | oorsprong | origin | fylogenetica | phylogenetics | fylogenie | phylogeny | soortvorming | speciation | Evolution and Phylogeny | Evolutie en fylogenieAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Processes of organic evolution.DDC classification: 575 LOC classification: QH366 | .S82Other classification: 42.21 | XP 1Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-182).
1. The synthetic theory of evolution and its development : The fact of evolution ; The modern synthetic theory of evolution ; Charles Darwin, the founder of evolutionary theory ; The impact of Mendelism ; The conflict between Darwinism and Mendelism, and its resolution.
2. The sources of variability : The nature and significance of environmental modification ; The non-inheritance of acquired modifications ; The nature of mutation ; The adaptiveness of mutations ; The relative importance of mutations with large and small effects ; The causes of mutations ; Rates of mutation and of evolution ; Mutation, recombination, and adaptation.
4. The differentiation of populations : The nature of competition ; The origin of complex adaptive systems ; The evolution of apparently non-adaptive differences ; Types of natural selection.
5. Reproductive isolation and the origin of species : Racial differences within species ; Species as distinct and sympatric populations ; The nature of reproductive isolation ; Prezygotic mechanisms ; Postzygotic mechanisms ; The genetic basis of isolating mechanisms ; Sibling species ; The evolution of isolating mechanisms.
6. The role of hybridization in evolution : Evolutionary definition and immediate effects of hybridization ; Hybridization in Old and New environments ; Stabilization of hybrid progeny ; The phenomenon of introgression ; The origin of new characteristics via hybridization ; The role of polyploidy in plant evolution.
7. Major trends of evolution : The concept of evolutionary time ; The fossil record ; The dating of fossils ; The origin of higher categories ; Rates and trends of evolution ; The emergence of evolutionary novelty ; Evolutionary constancy.
8. Process of evolution in man : Man's position in the animal kingdom ; The fossil record of man ; Population structure and selection in human evolution ; Organic evolution and cultural evolution ; Evolution in the future.
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