Population Biology and Evolution

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Introduction: Genotype and Phenotype: Basic Concepts in Population Biology

   1. Introduction: Genotype and Phenotype: Basic Concepts in Population Biology

      • V. Loeschcke, K. Wöhrmann

      Pages 1-2

3. Genotype and Phenotype

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3

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   2. Genetics of Adaptive Reactions

      • W. Scharloo

      Pages 5-15

   3. The Genetics of Seasonal Polyphenism and the Evolution of “General Purpose Genotypes” in Butterflies

      • A. M. Shapiro

      Pages 16-30

   4. How Much of the Phenotype is Necessary to Understand Evolution at the Level of the Gene?

      • S. C. Stearns

      Pages 31-45

4. Quantitative Characters and Selection in Natural Populations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. Genetic Changes in the Morphological Differentiation of Darwin’s Ground Finches

      • T. D. Price, P. R. Grant, P. T. Boag

      Pages 49-66

   3. Quantitative Genetics in Natural Populations of Birds Illustrated with Examples from the Great Tit, Parus major

      • A. J. van Noordwijk

      Pages 67-79

5. Theoretical Aspects of Density Regulation and Life Histories

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. The Delayed Effect on Adult Fertility of Immature Crowding: Population Dynamics

      • T. Prout

      Pages 83-86

   3. Selection and Numbers in Models of Life Histories

      • G. De Jong

      Pages 87-101

   4. Selection in a Cyclically Changing Environment

      • K. P. Hadeler

      Pages 102-114

   5. Evolution in a Temporally Varying Environment: Density and Composition Dependent Genotypic Fitnesses

      • F. B. Christiansen

      Pages 115-124

6. Genetic Heterogeneity and Ecological Factors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. The Alcohol Dehydrogenase Polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster, Facts and Problems

      • W. van Delden

      Pages 127-142

   3. Genetic Polymorphism and its Ecological Background in Tephritid Populations (Diptera: Tephritidae)

      • A. Seitz, M. Komma

      Pages 143-158

   4. Multilocus Organization of Plant Populations

      • A. H. D. Brown

      Pages 159-169

7. Genetic Structure and Demography in Plants

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. Age-Specific Fitness Components in Plants: Genotype and Phenotype

      • B. A. Schaal, W. J. Leverich

      Pages 173-182

This volume contains the papers presented at a symposium on popula­ tion biology sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. It was . held at the guest house of the University of Ttibingen at Oberjoch on May 15-19, 1983. Prior to this conference a small group of European biologists had met in Berlin (June 1981) and Pavia (September 1982) to discuss re­ search problems on the borderline between population genetics and evolutionary ecology. From the contributions and discussions at these meetings it became evident that the unification of approaches to evolutionary problems in population genetics and evolutionary ecology has not yet been suc­ cessful and requires further efforts. It was the consensus that a larger symposium with international participation would be helpful to con­ front and discuss the different approaches to population biology in order to assess "where we are now" and "where we should be going. " As a result an organizational committee was formed (F. Christiansen, S. Jayakar, V. Loeschcke, W. Scharloo, and K. W6hrmann) to iden­ tify topics that seemed, at least to them, to be fruitful in tackling problems in population biology. Consequently, a number of colleagues were asked to participate in the meeting. We have divided this book into chapters corresponding to the eight topics chosen. The volume begins with the relation between genotype and phenotype and is followed by a chapter on quantitative genetics and selection in natural populations.

• Biology
• Evolution (Biol.)
• Population
• Populationsbiologie
• ecology
• phenotype

• Lehrstuhl für Populationsgenetik, Institut für Biologie II der Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

  Klaus Wöhrmann

• Institute of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

  Volker Loeschcke

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