Evolutionary Biology Volume 2
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1968, 1968
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1968 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Further Evidence for the Wolf as Ancestor to the Dog
- Time of Domestication
- The Place of Domestication
- The Process of Domestication
- Evolution of the Wolf
- Evolution of the Dog
- Evolution of Behavior in Dogs and Wolves
- Theoretical Considerations
- References
- 7 A Sampler of Human Behavioral Genetics
- The Nature of Psychological Traits
- The Twin Method
- Intellectual Abilities
- Schizophrenia
- Summary
- References
- 8 Suture-Zones of Hybrid Interaction Between Recently Joined Biotas
- Tabulation of Suture-Zone Examples
- The Individual Nearctic Zones
- Suture-Zones Outside North America
- Stabilization After Early Suturing
- Hybridization Outside Suture-Zones
- Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- Tables
- References
- Author Index
- Phenotypic Aspects of Bacterial Evolution
- Summary
- References
- 4 Evolutionary Implications of Sexual Behavior in Drosophila
- Types of Behavior
- Drosophila Preview
- Ontogeny of Mating Behavior
- Basic Courtship Patterns
- Adaptive Nature of Mating Behavior
- Specialized Mating Behavior of Hawaiian Species
- Summary of Mating Behavior
- Nature and Function of the Stimuli
- Mating Behavior of Other Diptera
- Significance of Drosophilid Mating Behavior
- Lek Behavior
- Sexual Isolation
- Intraspecific Variations
- Interspecific Behavior
- Origin of Sexual Isolation
- Conclusion
- References
- 5 Evolution of Photoreceptors
- Ciliary Photoreceptors
- Rhabdomeric Photoreceptors
- Ciliary Line of Evolution
- Rhabdomeric Line of Evolution
- Other Taxa
- Protostomes Versus Deuterostomes
- References
- 6 Evolution and Domestication of the Dog
- Taxonomy and Distribution of the Genus Canis
- Origin of the Dog
- 1 On Some Fundamental Concepts of Darwinian Biology
- Vitalism, Mechanism, and Compositionism
- Adaptedness and Adaptation
- Adaptedness to Survive and to Reproduce
- Adaptability
- Evolutionary Plasticity
- The Problem of Quantification of Adaptedness
- Darwinian Fitness
- Varieties of Natural Selection
- Darwinian Fitness and Adaptedness
- Evolutionary Opportunism and Adaptive Radiation
- Progressive Evolution
- References
- 2 Cave Ecology and the Evolution of Troglobites
- Animal Life in Caves
- The Cave Ecosystem
- Regressive Evolution in Cave Animals
- Speciation and Adaptation in Troglobites
- References
- 3 Molecular Biology and Bacterial Phylogeny
- The Evolution of Microorganisms in the Precambrian
- Microbial Fossils
- Bacteria as “Living Fossils”
- The Relationship Between Bacteria and Bluegreen Algae
- DNA Nucleotide Composition of Microorganisms
- Evolutionary Changes in Bacterial DNA
- DNA Homology