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The origin of adaptations.

Title
The origin of adaptations.
Author
Grant, Verne.
Publication
New York, Columbia University Press, 1963.

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Description
x, 606 pages illustrations (some color), maps, diagrams; 24 cm
Subject
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Genetics
  • Adaptation (Biology)
  • Evolution
  • Adaptation, Biological
  • Biological Evolution
  • Genetics
  • genetics
  • evolution
  • Evolution
  • Biologie
  • Evolutie
  • Evolucao (Teoria)
  • Evolució (Biologia)
  • Genètica
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 571-594.
Contents
Introduction : Organization and causation -- The establishment of causal theories in evolutionary biology -- The nature and origin of life -- The course of evolution -- Organism and environment : Adaptation -- Adaptability and heredity -- Evolution within populations : The statics and dynamics of populations -- Hereditary variation -- Natural selection -- Levels of selection -- Genetic drift -- Evolution of species : Population systems -- Isolating mechanisms -- Ecological relations between species -- Evolutionary divergence -- Modes of speciation -- Consolidation of the sympatric species. Evolution of major groups : Evolutionary rates and trends -- Conclusions.
ISBN
  • 0231025297
  • 9780231025294
  • 0231086482
  • 9780231086486
LCCN
63011695
OCLC
  • ocm00230803
  • 230803
  • SCSB-2119127
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library