On Evolution
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On Evolution

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eBook - ePub

On Evolution

About this book

John Avise is one of the most distinguished evolutionary biologists of our time. His groundbreaking work with mitochondrial DNA created the entire discipline of phylogeography and his work on the Pleistocene refugia hypothesis redirected scientific thinking about patterns of distribution. Spanning a remarkable thirty-five-year career, the essays gathered here were rewritten from his previously published articles and represent the first single-volume collection of Avise's work.

Moving through various questions in evolutionary biology, these eclectic essays reveal Avise's unique perspectives on major topics in the field. From how to define a species to the folly of faulty applications of cladistics to connections between conservation and evolutionary biology, On Evolution takes the reader on a personal journey into the mind of one of the world's leading evolutionists.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Publisher’s Note
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Genetic Differentiation during Speciation
  8. 2 Molecular Variability and Hypothesis Testing: An Ode to Electrophoresis
  9. 3 The Pocket Gopher
  10. 4 Gene Trees and Organismal Histories
  11. 5 Nature’s Family Archives
  12. 6 Molecular Clones within Organismal Clones
  13. 7 Aging, Sexual Reproduction, and DNA Repair
  14. 8 The Real Message from Biosphere 2
  15. 9 Conservation Genetics and Sea Turtles
  16. 10 The History and Purview of Phylogeography
  17. 11 Cladists in Wonderland
  18. 12 Evolving Genomic Metaphors: A New Look at the Language of DNA
  19. 13 Genetic Mating Systems and Reproductive Natural Histories of Fishes
  20. 14 An American Naturalist’s Impressions on Australian Biodiversity
  21. 15 The Best and the Worst of Times for Evolutionary Biology
  22. 16 Models, Metaphors, and Machines
  23. 17 Evolution’s Unanswered Questions
  24. Source Articles
  25. Index