Selection In Natural Populations

Author : John A. Endler
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691209510
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Selection in the Wild. (MPB-21), Volume 21 written by John A. Endler and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural selection is an immense and important subject, yet there have been few attempts to summarize its effects on natural populations, and fewer still which discuss the problems of working with natural selection in the wild. These are the purposes of John Endler's book. In it, he discusses the methods and problems involved in the demonstration and measurement of natural selection, presents the critical evidence for its existence, and places it in an evolutionary perspective. Professor Endler finds that there are a remarkable number of direct demonstrations of selection in a wide variety of animals and plants. The distribution of observed magnitudes of selection in natural populations is surprisingly broad, and it overlaps extensively the range of values found in artificial selection. He argues that the common assumption that selection is usually weak in natural populations is no longer tenable, but that natural selection is only one component of the process of evolution; natural selection can explain the change of frequencies of variants, but not their origins.

Author : Freddy Christiansen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642930719
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measuring Selection in Natural Populations written by Freddy Christiansen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Godfrey-Smith
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191609552
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection written by Peter Godfrey-Smith and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called "natural selection," a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued that this mechanism was the key to explaining the most puzzling features of the natural world, and science and philosophy were changed forever as a result. The exact nature of the Darwinian process has been controversial ever since, however. Godfrey-Smith draws on new developments in biology, philosophy of science, and other fields to give a new analysis and extension of Darwin's idea. The central concept used is that of a "Darwinian population," a collection of things with the capacity to undergo change by natural selection. From this starting point, new analyses of the role of genes in evolution, the application of Darwinian ideas to cultural change, and "evolutionary transitions" that produce complex organisms and societies are developed. Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection will be essential reading for anyone interested in evolutionary theory

Author : David Sloan Wilson
Publisher : Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural Selection of Populations and Communities written by David Sloan Wilson and published by Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company. This book was released on 1980 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101651164
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Natural Selection written by Charles Darwin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-09-06 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives—and destroyed them. Now, Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers, and each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-drive design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped the world.

Author : Graham Bell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146155991X
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Basics of Selection written by Graham Bell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new textbook for students taking courses in evolution is addressed to one of the most difficult questions evolutionary biology, that of selection. Covering both artificial and natural selection, the author has written a short, readable text that will appeal to students and professionals alike. how the nature of the process determines the nature of evolutionary change.

Author : Jeffry B. Mitton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195137866
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selection in Natural Populations written by Jeffry B. Mitton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Jeff Mitton explains the questions that geneticists hoped to answer by studying protein variation and evaluates the results of this rich and controversial body of research.

Author : Clifford Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Natural Selection written by Clifford Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genetic systems and fitness; Evidence for selection; The balanced polymorphism, or th non-neutral equilibria; Selection coefficients in natural populations; Varying fitness and the unit of selection; Quantitative traits and the selection effect; Selection in retrospect and prospect.

Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Light of Evolution written by National Academy of Sciences and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences address scientific topics of broad and current interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each year, four or five such colloquia are scheduled, typically two days in length and international in scope. Colloquia are organized by a member of the Academy, often with the assistance of an organizing committee, and feature presentations by leading scientists in the field and discussions with a hundred or more researchers with an interest in the topic. Colloquia presentations are recorded and posted on the National Academy of Sciences Sackler colloquia website and published on CD-ROM. These Colloquia are made possible by a generous gift from Mrs. Jill Sackler, in memory of her husband, Arthur M. Sackler.

Author : John A. Endler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780691083865
Total Pages : 336 pages
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Download or read book Natural Selection in the Wild written by John A. Endler and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural selection is an immense and important subject, yet there have been few attempts to summarize its effects on natural populations, and fewer still which discuss the problems of working with natural selection in the wild. These are the purposes of John Endler's book. In it, he discusses the methods and problems involved in the demonstration and measurement of natural selection, presents the critical evidence for its existence, and places it in an evolutionary perspective. Professor Endler finds that there are a remarkable number of direct demonstrations of selection in a wide variety of animals and plants. The distribution of observed magnitudes of selection in natural populations is surprisingly broad, and it overlaps extensively the range of values found in artificial selection. He argues that the common assumption that selection is usually weak in natural populations is no longer tenable, but that natural selection is only one component of the process of evolution; natural selection can explain the change of frequencies of variants, but not their origins.