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This new volume in the OSEB series presents reviews of key theoretical ideas and frameworks, and outlines progress in evolutionary studies.

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Author:   Douglas Futuyma (Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, The State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA) ,  Janis Antonovics (Professor of Botany, Professor of Botany, Duke University, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Volume:   Vol 8
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 15.20cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9780195076233

ISBN 10:   0195076230
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   10 December 1992
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface List of contributors Ernst Mayr: Controversies in retrospect Michael J. Wade: Sewall Wright: gene interaction and the Shifting Balance Theory Mark L. Taper and Ted J. Case: Coevolution among competitors Wen-Hsiung Li and Lori Sadler: DNA variation in humans and its implications for human evolution Hiroko Morishima, Yoshio Sano, and Hiko-Ichi Oka: Evolutionary studies in cultivated rice and its wild relatives James D. Bever and Fran¸ois Felber: The theoretical population genetics of autopolyploidy Warren D. Allmon: A causal analysis of stages in allopatric speciation V. Louise Roth: Inferences from allometry and fossils: dwarfing of elephants on islands Marvalee H. Wake: Morphology, the study of form and function, in modern evolutionary biology A. E. Douglas: Symbiosis in evolution Index Content lists of previous volumes

Reviews

Volume 8 of the series of Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology continues the style set by its predecessors, and its contents are stimulating for discussion and progress in various topical areas of evolutionary biology. Jan Zima

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