Natural Hybridization and Evolution

Zusatztext This is a book which will dispel many naive notions about hybridization and is a clear and interesting read. Klappentext Contrary to the popularly held view of natural hybridization as maladaptive or even a violation of divergent evolution, this book presents evidence that it plays a significant role in furthering diversification in organisms. Zusammenfassung Natural Hybridation and Evolution includes data from numerous sources that support the paradigm of natural hybridization as an important evolutionary process. The review of these data results in a challenge of the dogma that is the explicit or implicit framework used by a large proportion of evolutionary biologists - that the process of natural hybridization is maladaptive and it is because it represents a violation of divergent evolution. In contrast, this book presents evidence of a significant role for natural hybridization in furthering adaptive evolution and evolutionary diversification in both plants and animals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Natural Hybridization: Definitions and History Chapter 2 Natural Hybridization and Species Concepts Chapter 3 Natural Hybridization: Frequency Chapter 4 Reproductive Parameters and Natural Hybridization Chapter 5 Natural Hybridization: Concepts and Theory Chapter 6 Natural Hybridization: Outcomes Chapter 7 Natural Hybridization: Emerging Patterns

Product details

• Authors: Arnold, Michael L. Arnold, Michael L. (Associate Professor Arnold
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.1997
• EAN: 9780195099751
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509975-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution; Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Genetics (non-medical), Evolution / Evolutionary biology