Evolutionary Biology

✍ Scribed by Olivier Rieppel (auth.), Max K. Hecht, Ross J. MacIntyre, Michael T. Clegg (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 468
• Series: Evolutionary Biology 27
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

After volume 33, this book series was replaced by the journal "Evolutionary Biology." Please visit www.springer.com/11692 for further information.

The current volume includes articles on the conceptual relationship of ontogeny, phylogeny, and classification; correlation studies of spatial patterns of genetic variation; and the evolution of flower display and reward.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The Conceptual Relationship of Ontogeny, Phylogeny, and Classification....Pages 1-32
History, Function, and Evolutionary Biology....Pages 33-50
The Use of Molecular and Biochemical Markers in Crop Evolution Studies....Pages 51-94
Recent Advances in Correlation Studies of Spatial Patterns of Genetic Variation....Pages 95-155
Evolution of Retroposons....Pages 157-196
The Evolution of Flower Display and Reward....Pages 197-243
The Origin of Mosasaurs As a Model of Macroevolutionary Patterns and Processes....Pages 245-322
A History of an Extinct Reptilian Clade, the Choristodera: Longevity, Lazarus-Taxa, and the Fossil Record....Pages 323-338
Early Metazoan Evolution and the Meaning of Its Fossil Record....Pages 339-386
A Developmental Model for Evolution of the Vertebrate Exoskeleton and Teeth....Pages 387-448
Back Matter....Pages 449-458

✦ Subjects

Evolutionary Biology