Phenotypes : their epigenetics, ecology and evolution /

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Author / Creator:Rollo, C. David.
Imprint:London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1994.
Description:xiv, 463 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1714958
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ISBN:0412410303 : £45.00 : Formerly CIP
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Hierarchical reductionism and the evolution of biological organization
  • 2. Regulatory interactions, epigenetics and genomic integration
  • 3. Epigenetics and developmental hierarchies
  • 4. The subspecific lineage paradigm and the genetic templet
  • 5. Metalineage selection and sexual reproduction
  • 6. Phenotypic plasticity, allelic switches and canalization: a metalineage perspective
  • 7. Adaptive suites, coadapted genomes and dynamic genetic templets
  • 8. Trade offs and synergisms in phenotypic organization: an evolutionary framework
  • 9. The evolution of senescence and longevity assurance
  • 10. The principle of allocation: limitations, life-times and metabolic relativity
  • 11. Life-times and limitations: speculations in a lineage paradigm
  • 12. The ecological triumvirate: phenotypic correlations of stress, disturbance and biotically diverse habitats.