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Dewey Class	576.8 (DDC 22)
Title	Genetics of Adaptation (EB) / edited by Rodney Mauricio.
Author	Mauricio, Rodney
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Publication	Dordrecht : Springer , 2005.
Physical Details	: v.: digital
Series	Georgia Genetics Review III ; 3
ISBN	9781402038365
Summary Note	An enduring controversy in evolutionary biology is the genetic basis of adaptation. Darwin emphasized "many slight differences" as the ultimate source of variation to be acted upon by natural selection. In the early 1900's, this view was opposed by "Mendelian geneticists", who emphasized the importance of "macromutations" in evolution. The Modern Synthesis resolved this controversy, concluding that mutations in genes of very small effect were responsible for adaptive evolution. A decade ago, Allen Orr and Jerry Coyne reexamined the evidence for this neo-Darwinian view and found that both the theoretical and empirical basis for it were weak. Orr and Coyne encouraged evolutionary biologists to reexamine this neglected question: what is the genetic basis of adaptive evolution? In this volume, a new generation of biologists have taken up this challenge. Using advances in both molecular genetic and statistical techniques, evolutionary geneticists have made considerable progress in this emerging field. In this volume, a diversity of examples from plant and animal studies provides valuable information for:
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3836-4
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Animal genetics . Animal Genetics and Genomics . Biodiversity . Ecology . Evolution (Biology) . Evolutionary Biology . Life Sciences . Population Ecology . Authors: Mauricio, Rodney . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Series: Georgia Genetics Review III . Classification: 576.8 (DDC 22) .

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