Variation A Central Concept in Biology

Benedikt Hallgr챠msson , Brian K. Hall 지음

elsevier 2011년 05월 04일 출간

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Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was based on the observation that there is variation between individuals within the same species. This fundamental observation is a central concept in evolutionary biology. However, variation is only rarely treated directly. It has remained peripheral to the study of mechanisms of evolutionary change. The explosion of knowledge in genetics, developmental biology, and the ongoing synthesis of evolutionary and developmental biology has made it possible for us to study the factors that limit, enhance, or structure variation at the level of an animals' physical appearance and behavior. Knowledge of the significance of variability is crucial to this emerging synthesis. This volume situates the role of variability within this broad framework, bringing variation back to the center of the evolutionary stage.쨌Provides an overview of current thinking on variation in evolutionary biology, functional morphology, and evolutionary developmental biology쨌Written by a team of leading scholars specializing on the study of variation쨌Reviews of statistical analysis of variation by leading authorities 쨌Key chapters focus on the role of the study of phenotypic variation for evolutionary, developmental, and post-genomic biology

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ForewordChapter 1. Variation and Variability: Central Concepts in BiologyChapter 2. Variation from Darwin to the Modern SynthesisChapter 3. The Statistics of VariationChapter 4. Landmark Morphometrics and the Analysis of VariationChapter 5. Variation in OntogenyChapter 6. Constraints on Variation from Genotype through Phenotype to FitnessChapter 7. Developmental Origins of VariationChapter 8. Canalization, Cryptic Variation and Developmental Buffering: A Critical Examination and Analytical PerspectiveChapter 9. Mutation and Phenotypic Variation: Where is the connection Capacitators, Stressors, Phenotypic Variability and Evolutionary ChangeChapter 10. Within Individual Variation: Developmental Noise versus Developmental StabilityChapter 11. Developmental Constraints, Modules and EvolvabilityChapter 12. Developmental Regulation of VariabilityChapter 13. Role of Stress in Evolution: From Individual Adaptability to Evolutionary AdaptationChapter 14. Environmentally Contingent Variation: Phenotypic Plasticity and Norms of ReactionChapter 15. Variation and Life History EvolutionChapter 16. AntisymmetryChapter 17. Variation in Structure and its Relationship to Function: Correlation, Explanation and ExtrapolationChapter 18. A Universal Generative Tendency Toward Increased Organismal ComplexityChapter 19. Variation and Versatility in MacroevolutionChapter 20. Variation and Developmental Biology: Prospects for the FutureChapter 21. Phenogenetics: Genotypes, Phenotypes, and VariationChapter 22. The Study of Phenotypic VariabilityIndex

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"...Variation: A Central Concept in Biology, is sure to spark the interest of nearly all ecologists and evolutionary biologists."- James A. Fordyce, University of Tenessee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, in ECOLOGY??At last we have a book that takes a modern approach to variation in all its forms....? - Kevin Padian, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.??This comprehensive, diverse and stimulating volume is a must-read for anyone interested in development and evolution.? - Daniel E. Lieberman, Harvard University, U.S.A.??...Hallgrimsson and Hall??s book provides the latest views from leading scientists of diversity and form.? - Mark Pagel, University of Reading, England ??....On the whole this...will be a welcome addition to my library.? - David B. Wake, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A."...chapters are authoritative and well written, and graduate students and scientists will find much here that is thought-provoking."- Carl D. Schlichting, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, in BIOSCIENCE

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저자(글) Benedikt Hallgr챠msson

저자(글) Brian K. Hall