Genetics, Speciation and the Founder Principle (Hardcover)

This volume describes the genetic mechanisms that govern the development and evolution of animals and plants. In particular, the book focuses on animal and plant species evolving in isolated habitats and species colonizing new territories. This approach - studying "founder" populations - enables geneticists to more readily identify some of the evolutionary pressures affecting the speciation process. The Founder Principle in population genetics was elucidated in large part by Hampton Carson in classic studies of Hawaiian fruit flies (Drosophilia). The editors of this volume have commissioned seventeen chapters by an internationally recognized group of geneticists who discuss the Founder Principle in relation to plant speciation, chromosomal evolution, molecular evolution and development, sexual selection, and genetic changes in natural populations. The volume was organized as a tribute to Professor Carson on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Hawaii.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1989
Editors:	L.V. Giddings • Etc • K.Y. Kaneshiro • W. W. Anderson
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	391
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-504315-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Genetics (non-medical) > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant reproduction & propagation > General
LSN:	0-19-504315-4
Barcode:	9780195043150

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