Evolutionary biology has witnessed breathtaking advances in
recent years. Some of its most exciting insights have come from the
crossover of disciplines as varied as paleontology, molecular
biology, ecology, and genetics. This book brings together many of
today's pioneers in evolutionary biology to describe the latest
advances and explain why a cross-disciplinary and integrated
approach to research questions is so essential.
Contributors discuss the origins of biological diversity,
mechanisms of evolutionary change at the molecular and
developmental levels, morphology and behavior, and the ecology of
adaptive radiations and speciation. They highlight the mutual
dependence of organisms and their environments, and reveal the
different strategies today's researchers are using in the field and
laboratory to explore this interdependence. Peter and Rosemary
Grant--renowned for their influential work on Darwin's finches in
the Galapagos--provide concise introductions to each section and
identify the key questions future research needs to address.
In addition to the editors, the contributors are Myra Awodey,
Christopher N. Balakrishnan, Rowan D. H. Barrett, May R. Berenbaum,
Paul M. Brakefield, Philip J. Currie, Scott V. Edwards, Douglas J.
Emlen, Joshua B. Gross, Hopi E. Hoekstra, Richard Hudson, David
Jablonski, David T. Johnston, Mathieu Joron, David Kingsley, Andrew
H. Knoll, Mimi A. R. Koehl, June Y. Lee, Jonathan B. Losos, Isabel
Santos Magalhaes, Albert B. Phillimore, Trevor Price, Dolph
Schluter, Ole Seehausen, Clifford J. Tabin, John N. Thompson, and
David B. Wake."
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