Evolution and speciation : essays in honor of M.J.D. White /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1981. |
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| Description: | ix, 436 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/397894 |
Table of Contents:
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. M. J. D. White: the scientist and the man
- Part II. Cytology and Cytogenetics
- 2. Chromosome change and evolutionary change: a critique
- 3. Components of genetic systems in mammals David L. Hayman
- 4. Sex chromosomes, parthenogenesis, and polyploidy in ticks
- 5. Differentiation of heterochromatin
- 6. A glimpse of the tridactyloid karyotype
- Part III. Hybrid Zones
- 7. Hybrid zones and speciation
- 8. Chromosomal hybrid zones in orthopteroid insects
- 9. Toward a genodynamics of hybrid zones: studies of Australian frogs and West Indian land snails
- Part IV. Speciation and Evolution
- 10. Stasipatric speciation and rapid evolution in animals
- 11. Habitat selection and speciation in Drosophila
- 12. Problems in speciation in Chironomus oppositus Walker in southeastern Australia
- 13. Chromosome change and speciation in lizards
- 14. Chromosomal tracing of evolution in a phylad of species related to Drosophila hawaiiensis
- 15. Reproductive isolation: a critical review
- 16. The maintenance of B chromosomes in Brachycome dichromosomatica
- 17. Genetic aspects of ant evolution
- 18. Chromosomal evolution and morphometric variability in the thlytokous insect Warramaba virgo (key)
- 19. Speculations on the evolution of the insect storage proteins
- 20. Evolution in jeopardy: the role of nature reserves
- Index
