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Author:   Mark B. Adams
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   4459
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9780691630243

ISBN 10:   0691630240
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"Preface vii Acknowledgments A INTRODUCTION I Introduction: Theodosius Dobzhansky in Russia and America Mark B. Adams 3 Theodosius Dobzhansky: A Family Story Sophia Dobzhansky Coe 13 PART ONE: RUSSIAN ROOTS 29 Dobzhansky and Russian Entomology: The Origin of His Ideas on Species and Speciation Nikolai L. Krementsov 31 Filipchenko and Dobzhansky: Issues in Evolutionary Genetics in the 1920S Daniel A. Alexandrov 49 From the Archives: Dobzhansky in Kiev and Leningrad Mikhail B. Konashev 63 PART TWO: THE MORGAN LAB 85 Theodosius Dobzhansky, the Morgan Lab, and the Breakdown of the Naturalist/ Experimentalist Dichotomy, 1927-1947 Garland E. Allen 87 The Origin of Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species Fly Room West: Dobzhansky, D. pseudoobscura, and Scientific Practice Robert E. Kohler 115 Dobzhansky on Evolutionary Dynamics: Some Questions about His Russian Background Richard M. Burian 129 PART THREE: THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY 141 Dobzhansky, Waddington, and Schmalhausen: Embryology and the Modern Synthesis Scott F Gilbert 143 Theodosius Dobzhansky Remembered: Genetic Coadaptation Bruce Wallace 155 Dobzhansky, Artificial Life, and the ""Larger Questions"" of Evolution Charles E. Taylor 163 PART FOUR: DOBZHANSKY'S WORLDVIEW 177 The Evolutionary Worldview of Theodosius Dobzhansky Costas B. Krimbas 179 Dobzhansky and the Biology of Democracy: The Moral and Political Significance of Genetic Variation John Beatty 195 Dobzhansky in the ""Nature-Nurture"" Debate Diane B. Paul 219 Dobzhansky and the Problem of Progress Michael Ruse 233 Contributors 247"

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The 16 papers collected in this volume present a remarkably well-rounded portrait of one of the most important evolutionary biologists during the last century. --Science

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