Selection : the mechanism of evolution /
Bell, Graham, 1949-
Selection : the mechanism of evolution / Graham Bell. - 2nd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xiii, 553 pages) : illustrations - Oxford biology . - Oxford biology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Natural selection in open populations -- Fitness in natural populations -- Phenotypic selection -- Selection experiments in the field -- Adaptation to the humanized landscape -- The ghost of selection past -- Adaptive radiation : diversity and specialization -- Adaptive and non-adaptive radiation -- G X E -- Specialization and generalization -- Opportunities in space : obligations in time -- Local adaptation -- Autoselection : selfish genetic elements -- Infection -- Interference -- Gonotaxis -- Social selection -- Selection within a single uniform population : density-dependent selection -- Selection within a single diverse population : frequency-dependent selection -- Social behaviour -- Kin selection and group selection -- Co-evolution -- Rivals -- Partners -- Enemies -- Ecosystems -- Sexual selection -- Evolution of sex -- The alternation of generations -- Gender -- Beauty and the beast -- Speciation -- Speciation and diversification -- Experimental speciation -- Emerging species -- Epitome -- References -- Index. 7. 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. 7.4. 7.5. 8. 8.1. 8.2. 8.3. 8.4. 8.5. 9. 9.1. 9.2. 9.3. 10. 10.1. 10.2. 10.3. 10.4. 11. 11.1. 11.2. 11.3. 11.4. 12. 12.1. 12.2. 12.3. 12.4. 13. 13.1. 13.2. 13.3. 14. The second science -- Simple selection -- The genetic and ecological context of selection -- History, chance, and necessity -- The rate of genetic deterioration -- The rate of environmental deterioration -- Natural selection in closed asexual populations -- Microcosmologia -- Sorting : selection or pre-existing variation -- Purifying selection : maintaining adaptedness despite genetic deterioration -- Directional selection : restoring adaptedness despite environmental deterioration -- Successive substitution -- Cumulative adaptation -- Successive substitution at several loci -- Prometheus unbound : releasing the constraints on natural selection -- Increasing the mutation rate -- Horizontal transmission -- Sex -- Dispersal -- Selection in multicellular organisms -- Size matters -- Reproductive allocation -- Life histories -- Artificial selection -- Selection acting on quantitative variation -- Generations 1-10 : the short-term response -- Generations 10-1000 : the limits to selection -- g 6.4. Generations 100 up : new kinds of creatures. 1. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 3.7. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3.
This text adopts a direct experimental approach to evolutionary questions, drawing predominantly from research on microbial systems. The focus is on processes and mechanisms, and incorporates insights from recent advances in whole-genome sequencing, bioinformatics, environmental genomics and developmental genetics.
9780191546891 (electronic bk.) 0191546895 (electronic bk.) 9781435631014 1435631013 9780191717741 (ebook) 0191717746 (ebook) (pbk.) (pbk.)
GBA770456 bnb
Uk
Natural selection.
Evolution (Biology)
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Natural selection.
Natuurlijke selectie.
Evolutie.
Electronic books.
QH375 / .B45 2008eb
576.82
Selection : the mechanism of evolution / Graham Bell. - 2nd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xiii, 553 pages) : illustrations - Oxford biology . - Oxford biology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Natural selection in open populations -- Fitness in natural populations -- Phenotypic selection -- Selection experiments in the field -- Adaptation to the humanized landscape -- The ghost of selection past -- Adaptive radiation : diversity and specialization -- Adaptive and non-adaptive radiation -- G X E -- Specialization and generalization -- Opportunities in space : obligations in time -- Local adaptation -- Autoselection : selfish genetic elements -- Infection -- Interference -- Gonotaxis -- Social selection -- Selection within a single uniform population : density-dependent selection -- Selection within a single diverse population : frequency-dependent selection -- Social behaviour -- Kin selection and group selection -- Co-evolution -- Rivals -- Partners -- Enemies -- Ecosystems -- Sexual selection -- Evolution of sex -- The alternation of generations -- Gender -- Beauty and the beast -- Speciation -- Speciation and diversification -- Experimental speciation -- Emerging species -- Epitome -- References -- Index. 7. 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. 7.4. 7.5. 8. 8.1. 8.2. 8.3. 8.4. 8.5. 9. 9.1. 9.2. 9.3. 10. 10.1. 10.2. 10.3. 10.4. 11. 11.1. 11.2. 11.3. 11.4. 12. 12.1. 12.2. 12.3. 12.4. 13. 13.1. 13.2. 13.3. 14. The second science -- Simple selection -- The genetic and ecological context of selection -- History, chance, and necessity -- The rate of genetic deterioration -- The rate of environmental deterioration -- Natural selection in closed asexual populations -- Microcosmologia -- Sorting : selection or pre-existing variation -- Purifying selection : maintaining adaptedness despite genetic deterioration -- Directional selection : restoring adaptedness despite environmental deterioration -- Successive substitution -- Cumulative adaptation -- Successive substitution at several loci -- Prometheus unbound : releasing the constraints on natural selection -- Increasing the mutation rate -- Horizontal transmission -- Sex -- Dispersal -- Selection in multicellular organisms -- Size matters -- Reproductive allocation -- Life histories -- Artificial selection -- Selection acting on quantitative variation -- Generations 1-10 : the short-term response -- Generations 10-1000 : the limits to selection -- g 6.4. Generations 100 up : new kinds of creatures. 1. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 3.7. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3.
This text adopts a direct experimental approach to evolutionary questions, drawing predominantly from research on microbial systems. The focus is on processes and mechanisms, and incorporates insights from recent advances in whole-genome sequencing, bioinformatics, environmental genomics and developmental genetics.
9780191546891 (electronic bk.) 0191546895 (electronic bk.) 9781435631014 1435631013 9780191717741 (ebook) 0191717746 (ebook) (pbk.) (pbk.)
GBA770456 bnb
Uk
Natural selection.
Evolution (Biology)
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Natural selection.
Natuurlijke selectie.
Evolutie.
Electronic books.
QH375 / .B45 2008eb
576.82