Microevolution Rate, Pattern, Process

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. An introduction to microevolution: Rate, pattern, process

   • A. P. Hendry, M. T. Kinnison

   Pages 1-8

3. The adaptive landscape as a conceptual bridge between micro- and macroevolution

   • Stevan J. Arnold, Michael E. Pfrender, Adam G. Jones

   Pages 9-32

4. Possible consequences of genes of major effect: Transient changes in the G-matrix

   • Aneil F. Agrawal, Edmund D. Brodie III, Loren H. Rieseberg

   Pages 33-43

5. Toward a new synthesis: Population genetics and evolutionary developmental biology

   • Norman A. Johnson, Adam H. Porter

   Pages 45-58

6. Epistasis, complex traits, and mapping genes

   • Michael J. Wade

   Pages 59-69

7. Population structure inhibits evolutionary diversification under competition for resources

   • Troy Day

   Pages 71-86

8. Variation, selection and evolution of function-valued traits

   • Joel G. Kingsolver, Richard Gomulkiewicz, Patrick A. Carter

   Pages 87-104

9. Why the null matters: Statistical tests, random walks and evolution

   • H. David Sheets, Charles E. Mitchell

   Pages 105-125

10. Rates of evolution on the time scale of the evolutionary process

    • Philip D. Gingerich

    Pages 127-144

11. The pace of modern life II: From rates of contemporary microevolution to pattern and process

    • Michael T. Kinnison, Andrew P. Hendry

    Pages 145-164

12. Trends and rates of microevolution in plants

    • Elizabeth Bone, Agnes Farres

    Pages 165-182

13. The population ecology of contemporary adaptations: What empirical studies reveal about the conditions that promote adaptive evolution

    • David N. Reznick, Cameron K. Ghalambor

    Pages 183-198

14. Explaining stasis: Microevolutionary studies in natural populations

    • J. Merilä, B. C. Sheldon, L. E. B. Kruuk

    Pages 199-222

15. Ring species as bridges between microevolution and speciation

    • Darren E. Irwin, Jessica H. Irwin, Trevor D. Price

    Pages 223-243

16. Microevolution in island rodents

    • Oliver R. W. Pergams, Mary V. Ashley

    Pages 245-256

17. Genetic architecture of adaptive differentiation in evolving host races of the soapberry bug, Jadera haematoloma

    • Scott P. Carroll, Hugh Dingle, Thomas R. Famula, Charles W. Fox

    Pages 257-272

18. Rapid evolution of wing size clines in Drosophila subobscura

    • George W. Gilchrist, Raymond B. Huey, Lluís Serra

    Pages 273-286

19. Insecticide resistance in the mosquito Culex pipiens: What have we learned about adaptation?

    • Michel Raymond, Claire Berticat, Mylène Weill, Nicole Pasteur, Christine Chevillon

    Pages 287-296

20. High gene flow levels lead to gamete wastage in a desert spider system

    • Susan E. Riechert, Frederick D. Singer, Thomas C. Jones

    Pages 297-319

From guppies to Galapagos finches and from adaptive landscapes to haldanes, this compilation of contributed works provides reviews, perspectives, theoretical models, statistical developments, and empirical demonstrations exploring the tempo and mode of microevolution on contemporary to geological time scales. New developments, and reviews, of classic and novel empirical systems demonstrate the strength and diversity of evolutionary processes producing biodiversity within species. Perspectives and theoretical insights expand these empirical observations to explore patterns and mechanisms of microevolution, methods for its quantification, and implications for the evolution of biodiversity on other scales. This diverse assemblage of manuscripts is aimed at professionals, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates who desire a timely synthesis of current knowledge, an illustration of exciting new directions, and a springboard for future investigations in the study of microevolution in the wild.

• Adaptation
• Ecology
• biodiversity
• environment
• evolution
• genes
• genetics
• the origin

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