Species Evolution
The Role of Chromosome Change
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- Author: Max King
- Date Published: February 1995
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- isbn: 9780521484541
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This book reviews what species are and then investigates the factors involved in their evolution. It analyzes the most recent information gathered from studies on plant and animal populations. Particular emphasis is placed on evolutionary processes involved in speciation. The genetic mechanisms of speciation are examined at a series of different levels including molecular, cellular and population studies, and particular emphasis is placed on the role of chromosomes in speciation.
Read more- Brings together theoretical, experimental and descriptive perspectives on speciation in higher organisms
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- Fresh insight into the most recent research on species evolution
Reviews & endorsements
"...deserves a readership among workers in the field." R. K. Butlin, Nature
See more reviews"...a book with a message, namely, that chromosomal reorganisation has been underestimated as a species-forming mechanism....a useful review of contemporary data and thought on speciation." Laurence Cook, Times Higher Education Supplement
"...an important book for graduate students and researchers." E. Delson, Choice
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- Date Published: February 1995
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521484541
- length: 360 pages
- dimensions: 247 x 188 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.797kg
- contains: 30 b/w illus. 15 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The species - what's in a name?
3. Speciation in allopatric populations
4. The founder effect
5. Chromosomal isolating mechanisms
6. The fixation of rearrangements
7. Fertility, viability and hybridity
8. Genic change and chromosomal speciation
9. Chromosomal speciation
10. Molecular mechanisms and speciation
11. Conclusions and perspectives
References
Index.
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