Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics of Drosophila
Ecological and evolutionary genetics span many disciplines and virtually all levels of biological investigation, from the genetic information itself to the principles governing the complex organization of living things. The ideas and informa tion generated by ecological and evolutionary genetics pr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1990, 1990
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1990 |
| Series: | Monographs in Evolutionary Biology
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Table of Contents:
- 10 Heritable Variation in Resource Use in Drosophila in the Field
- 11 Factors Maintaining Genetic Variation For Host Preference in Drosophila
- 12 Theoretical Analysis of Habitat Selection and the Maintenance of Genetic Variation
- Biochemical Genetics: Introduction
- 13 Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Alcohol Tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster
- 14 Environmental Modulation of Alpha-Glycerol-3-Phosphate Oxidase (GPO) Activity in Larvae of Drosophila melanogaster
- 15 Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Est-6 Locus in Drosophila melanogaster
- 16 Insecticide Resistance as a Model System for Studying Molecular Evolution
- 17 Temperature Effects on Epicuticular Hydrocarbons and Sexual Isolation in Drosophila mojavensis
- Molecular Evolution: Introduction
- 18 Gene and Genome Structure in Diptera: Comparative Molecular Analysis of an Eye Colour Gene in Three Species
- 19 Regulatory Evolution of ß-Carboxyl Esterases in Drosophila
- 20 Molecular Isolation and Preliminary Characterisation of a Duplicated Esterase Locus in Drosophila buzzatii
- 21 The Evolution of Adh Expression in the Repleta Group of Drosophila
- 22 Evolutionary Relationships of Enzymes in the Genus Drosophila
- 23 Genetic Differentiation Among Island Populations and Species of Cactophilic Drosophila in the West Indies
- Contributors
- Author Index
- Organism Index
- William B. Heed: A Biography
- Ecological Genetics: Introduction
- 1 The Ecological Genetics of Abnormal Abdomen in Drosophila mercatorum
- 2 Direction of Life History Evolution in Drosophila mojavensis
- 3 Fitness and Asymmetry Modification as an Evolutionary Process. A Study in the Australian Sheep Blowfly, Lucilia cuprina and Drosophila melanogaster
- 4 Extreme Environmental Stress: Asymmetry, Metabolic Cost and Conservation
- 5 The Effects of Natural and Artificial Selection on Dysgenic Potential of a Wild Population of Drosophila melanogaster
- 6 P-Elements and Quantitative Variation in Drosophila
- Habitat Selection: Introduction
- 7 Ecological and Evolutionary Importance of Host Plant Chemistry
- 8 The Nutritional Importance of Pure and Mixed Cultures of Yeasts in the Development of Drosophila mulleri Larvae in Opuntia Tissues and its Relationship to Host Plant Shifts
- 9 Experimental Analysis of Habitat Selection and Maintenance of Genetic Variation