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Variation and evolution in plants
- Title
- Variation and evolution in plants / by G. Ledyard Stebbins, Jr.
- Author
- Stebbins, G. Ledyard (George Ledyard), 1906-2000.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, 1950.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QK980 .S8 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xix, 643 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Variation and Evolution in Plants is a book written by G. Ledyard Stebbins, published in 1950. It is one of the key publications embodying the modern evolutionary synthesis, as the first comprehensive publication to discuss the relationship between genetics and natural selection in plants. The book has been described by plant systematist Peter H. Raven as "the most important book on plant evolution of the 20th century" and it remains one of the most cited texts on plant evolution.
- Series Statement
- Columbia biological series ; no. 16
- Uniform Title
- Columbia biological series ; no. 16.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- "Works cited": p. [563]-622.
- Contents
- Description and analysis of variation patterns -- Examples of variation patterns within species and genera -- The basis of individual variation -- Natural selection and variation in populations -- Genetic systems as factors in evolution -- Isolation and the origin of species -- Hybridization and its effects -- Polyploidy I: occurrence and nature of polyploid types -- Polyploidy II: geographic distribution and significance of polyploidy -- Apomixis in relation to variation and evolution -- Structural hybridity and the genetic system -- Evolutionary trends I: the karyotype -- Evolutionary trends II: External morphology -- Fossils, modern distribution patterns and rates of evolution.
- ISBN
- 0231017332
- 9780231017336
- LCCN
- 50009426
- OCLC
- ocm00294016
- 294016
- SCSB-124326
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library