In Search of the Causes of Evolution: From Field Observations to Mechanisms

414 Pages·2010·97.14 MB·English

by  Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant

In Search of the Causes of Evolution

In Search of the Causes of Evolution:
From Field Observations to Mechanisms
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Contents
List of Contributors ix
Preface xi
IntroductIon to SectIon I
The Origins of Biological Diversity 1
Chapter One 5
Andrew H. Knoll and David T. Johnston
The Big Picture: A Tripartite View of Life and Environments
through Time
Chapter Two 25
David Jablonski
Macroevolutionary Trends in Time and Space
Chapter Three 44
Philip J. Currie
Dinosaurs Live!
Chapter Four 65
Christopher N. Balakrishnan, June Y. Lee,
and Scott V. Edwards
Phylogeography and Phylogenetics in the Nuclear Age
IntroductIon to SectIon II
Mechanisms, Molecules, and Evo-Devo 89
Chapter Five 93
Paul M. Brakefield and Mathieu Joron
The Flexibility of Butterfly Wing Color Patterns and Evolution
in Morphospace
Chapter Six 115
David Kingsley
Genetics, Geology, and Miracles
CONTENTS
Chapter Seven 131
Joshua B. Gross and Clifford J. Tabin
Evolutionary Genetics of Pigmentation Loss in the Blind
Mexican Cavefish
Chapter Eight 149
Douglas J. Emlen
A Developmental View of Exaggerated Growth and Conditional
Expression in the Weapons of Sexual Selection
IntroductIon to SectIon III
Morphology and Behavior 173
Chapter Nine 177
Mimi A. R. Koehl
How Does Morphology Affect Performance in Variable
Environments?
Chapter Ten 192
Hopi E. Hoekstra
In Search of the Elusive Behavior Gene
Chapter Eleven 211
May R. Berenbaum
There Must Be Finches—Charles Darwin, Prickly Pears,
and Pollination Biology
Chapter Twelve 228
John N. Thompson
The Adaptive Radiation of Coevolving Prodoxid Moths
and Their Host Plants: Greya Moths and Yucca Moths
IntroductIon to SectIon IV
Ecological Diversity 247
Chapter Thirteen 251
Trevor Price, Albert B. Phillimore, Myra Awodey,
and Richard Hudson
Ecological and Geographical Influences on the Allopatric Phase
of Island Speciation
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CONTENTS
Chapter Fourteen 282
Ole Seehausen and Isabel Santos Magalhaes
Geographical Mode and Evolutionary Mechanism of Ecological
Speciation in Cichlid Fish
Chapter Fifteen 309
Jonathan B. Losos
A Tale of Two Radiations: Similarities and Differences in the
Evolutionary Diversification of Darwin’s Finches and Greater
Antillean Anolis Lizards
Chapter Sixteen 332
Rowan D. H. Barrett and Dolph Schluter
Clarifying the Mechanisms of Evolution in Sticklebacks
Using Field Studies of Natural Selection on Genes
Chapter Seventeen 347
Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant
The Book and the Future: Perspective and Prospective
Chapter Eighteen 360
David B. Wake
A Festival for Rosemary and Peter Grant
Index 367
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