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Author:   Magurran ,  May
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780198503040

ISBN 10:   0198503040
Pages:   341
Publication Date:   15 April 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Robert May: Introduction 1: Coyne and Orr: The evolutionary genetics of speciation 2: Tregenza and Butlin: Genetic diversity: Do market genes tell us the whole story? 3: Harwood and Amos: Genetic diversity in natural populations 4: Skulason, Snorrason, and Jonsson: Sympatric morphs, populations, and speciation in freshwater fish with emphsis on arctic charr 5: Price: Sexual selection and natural selection in bird speciation 6: Turner: Explosive speciation of African cichlid fishes 7: Partridge and Parker: Sexual conflict and speciation 8: Magurran: Population differentiation without speciation 9: Tautz and Schmid: From genes to individuals - Developmental genes and the generation of the phenotype 10: Barraclough, Vogler, and Harvey: Revealing the factors that promote speciation 11: Gould: Gulliver's further travels: The necessity and difficulty of a hierarchical theory of selection 12: Gaston and Chown: Geographic range size and speciation 13: Sepkoski: Rates of speciation in the fossil record 14: Conway Morris: The evolution of diversity in ancient ecosystems: A review

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...'an excellent introduction to the topic... This refreshing text is highly recommended for graduate students and those who wish to keep up to date with the most recent research into the origins of biological diversity from genes to species' Biologist '... an excellent compilation of views of speciation and biodiversity...I would describe it as essential reading for anyone with an interest in speciation' The Genetical Society of Great Britain '... an excellent summary... It is this diversity of approaches that makes this book worth reading; in very few texts do we find such a range of up to date reviews of a subject that should be of interested to all ecologists and evolutionary biologists... This refreshing text is highly recommended for graduate students and those who wish to keep up to date with the most recent research into the origins of biological diversity from genes to species' Biologist

Author Information

Anne Magurran is Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the University of St Andrews. Tel. 01334 463506 Fax. 01334 463600 Email: aem1@st-andrews.ac.uk Sir Bob May is Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government, and is based at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

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