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Informationen zum Autor Timothy A. Mousseau , Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina. Charles W. Fox , Professor, Entomology Department, University of Kentucky. Klappentext The fifth installment of The Year in Evolutionary Biology series includes reviews on: gene loss, thermogenesis, and the origin of birds; sexual selection in the light of molecular evolutionary genetics; the nine-spined stickleback ( Pungitius pungitius ), an emerging model in evolutionary biology; the evolutionary consequences of interspecific aggression; specific-gene studies of evolution in an age of genome-wide surveying; and biodiversity and evolutionary history: expanding the PD phylogenetic diversity assessment framework. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For more information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit: http: //ordering.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subs.asp?ref=1749-6632&doi=10.111/(ISSN)1749-6632 ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http: //www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information on becoming a member. Zusammenfassung Part of The Year in Evolutionary Biology series! this title includes reviews on: gene loss! thermogenesis! and the origin of birds; sexual selection in the light of molecular evolutionary genetics; the nine-spined stickleback! an emerging model in evolutionary biology; and the evolutionary consequences of interspecific aggression. Inhaltsverzeichnis Specific-gene studies of evolutionary mechanisms in an age of genome-wide surveying / Ward B. Watt Nine-spined stickleback: an emerging model for evolutionary biology research / Juha Merilä Gene loss, thermogenesis, and the origin of birds / Stuart A. Newman, Nadezhda V. Mezentseva and Alexander V. Badyaev The evolutionary consequences of interspecific aggression / Gregory F. Grether, Christopher N. Anderson, Jonathan P. Drury, Alexander N.G. Kirschel, Neil Losin, Kenichi Okamoto and Kathryn S. Peiman An integrative view of phylogenetic comparative methods: connections to population genetics, community ecology, and paleobiology / Matthew W. Pennell and Luke J. Harmon ...
