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Evolutionary Theory and Processes: Modern Perspectives

Papers in Honour of Eviatar Nevo

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Solomon P. Wasser

    1. Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
      N.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NASU, Kiev, Ukraine

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-LVI
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  2. Evolutionary Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. HLA Polymorphism and Evolution

      • Julia G. Bodmer, Walter F. Bodmer
      Pages 3-21

    3. Selection, Darwinian Fitness and Evolution in Local Populations

      • Hampton L. Carson
      Pages 23-30

    4. Selection for Adaptive Traits as a Factor of Recombination Evolution: Evidence from Natural and Experimental Populations (A Review)

      • Abraham B. Korol
      Pages 31-53

    5. The Role of Recombination in Plant Genome Evolution

      • Michael T. Clegg
      Pages 55-64

    6. Variation and Fidelity: The Evolution of Simple Sequence Repeats as Functional Elements in Adjustable Genes

      • David G. King, Morris Soller
      Pages 65-82

    7. TIMA: A Recent Evolutionary Paradigm

      • Gerhard D. Wassermann
      Pages 83-95

    8. Stable Gene Associations in Breeding and Evolution of Grasses

      • Alexei A. Sozinov, Igor A. Sozinov, Natalia A. Kozub, Tatiana A. Sobko
      Pages 97-113

    9. Compositional Correlations and Gene Distribution of the Human Genome

      • Oliver Clay, Giuseppe D’Onofrio, Kamel Jabbari, Serguei Zoubak, Salvatore Saccone, Giorgio Bernardi
      Pages 115-123

    10. At the World’s Cross Roads

      • William D. Hamilton
      Pages 125-148

  3. Molecular Biology and Phylogeny

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Molecular Clocks and the Origin of Animals

      • Francisco Jose Ayala, Andrey Rzhetsky, Francisco J. Ayala
      Pages 151-169

    3. Using Gene Trees to Infer Species from Testable Null Hypothesis: Cohesion Species in the Spalax ehrenbergi Complex

      • Alan R. Templeton
      Pages 171-192

    4. Primate Phylogeny and Classification Elucidated at the Molecular Level

      • Morris Goodman, Scott L. Page, Carla M. Meireles, John Czelusniak
      Pages 193-211

    5. Significant Segment Alignment of Pairs of Protein Sequences from Animals, Plants and Fungi

      • Samuel Karlin, Luciano Brocchieri
      Pages 213-221

    6. Molecular Genetic Characterization of Two Insular Asian Cat Species, Bornean Bay Cat and Iriomote Cat

      • Warren E. Johnson, Fumiharu Shinyashiki, Marilyn Menotti Raymond, Carlos Driscoll, Charles Leh, Mel Sunquist et al.
      Pages 223-248

    7. Microsatellite Loci and the Origin of Modern Humans: A Bayesian Analysis

      • F. M. Stefanini, M. W. Feldman
      Pages 249-269

  4. Biodiversity and Speciation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271
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    2. Can Biodiversity and Genetic Variability be Conserved in Hostile Environments?

      • Peter A. Parsons
      Pages 273-282
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`... the book can be recommended to anybody interested in evolutionary biology'
Acta Theriologica , 46 (2):221-223 (2001)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Solomon P. Wasser

  • N.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NASU, Kiev, Ukraine

    Solomon P. Wasser

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolutionary Theory and Processes: Modern Perspectives

  • Book Subtitle: Papers in Honour of Eviatar Nevo

  • Editors: Solomon P. Wasser

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4830-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5518-2Published: 31 December 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6025-7Published: 09 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4830-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LVI, 466

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Human Genetics, Zoology, Plant Sciences

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