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xii, 191 pages 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-182) 1. The synthetic theory of evolution and its development : The fact of evolution ; The modern synthetic theory of evolution ; Charles Darwin, the founder of evolutionary theory ; The impact of Mendelism ; The conflict between Darwinism and Mendelism, and its resolution 2. The sources of variability : The nature and significance of environmental modification ; The non-inheritance of acquired modifications ; The nature of mutation ; The adaptiveness of mutations ; The relative importance of mutations with large and small effects ; The causes of mutations ; Rates of mutation and of evolution ; Mutation, recombination, and adaptation 4. The differentiation of populations : The nature of competition ; The origin of complex adaptive systems ; The evolution of apparently non-adaptive differences ; Types of natural selection 5. Reproductive isolation and the origin of species : Racial differences within species ; Species as distinct and sympatric populations ; The nature of reproductive isolation ; Prezygotic mechanisms ; Postzygotic mechanisms ; The genetic basis of isolating mechanisms ; Sibling species ; The evolut

Author

G. Ledyard Stebbins

Publisher

Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall

Published

1966

Language

EN