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Most orgnisms and populations have to cope with hostile environments, which may threaten their existence. Their ability to respond phenotypically and genetically to these challenges and to evolve adaptive mechanisms is therefore crucial. The aim of this text is the understanding of the impact of stress on biological systems, from an evolutionary perspective. It discusses how organisms adapt to extreme environments, how stress affects life histories and changes genetic structure, how organisms cope with thermal stress through acclimatization, and how environmental and genetic stress induces fluctuating asymmetry, shapes selection pressures and causes extinction of populations. These topics are discussed through a variety of approaches, from the molecular and the protein level to individuals, populations, and ecosystems. The text also considers the role of stress in evolutionary change, from stress-induced mutations to selection, speciation and evolution on the geological time scale.

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Author:   K. Bijlsma ,  Volker Loeschcke
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   1997 ed.
Volume:   83
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.470kg
ISBN:  

9783764356958

ISBN 10:   3764356952
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   23 September 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Extreme environments and adaptation.- The evolution of plants in metal-contaminated environments.- Responses of aquatic organisms to pollutant stress: Theoretical and practical implications.- Conifers from the cold.- Genetic variation and environmental stress.- Phenotypic plasticity and fluctuating asymmetry as responses to environmental stress in the butterflyBicyclus anynana.- Environmental stress and the expression of genetic variation.- Worldwide latitudinal clines for the alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster: What is the unit of selection?.- Stress and metabolic regulation inDrosophila.- Acclimation and response to thermal stress.- Phenotypic and evolutionary adaptation of a model bacterial system to stressful thermal environments.- Ecological and evolutionary physiology of heat shock proteins and the stress response inDrosophila: Complementary insights from genetic engineering and natural variation.- High-temperature stress and the evolution of thermal resistance inDrosophila.- Stress, selection and extinction.- Genetic and environmental stress, and the persistence of populations.- Adaptation and extinction in changing environments.- Environmental stress and evolution: A theoretical study.- Stress, developmental stability and sexual selection.- Evolution and stress.- Genetic variability and adaptation to stress.- Stress-resistance genotypes, metabolic efficiency and interpreting evolutionary change.- The Plus ça change model: Explaining stasis and evolution in response to abiotic stress over geological timescales.

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