Genetics of Adaptation

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mauricio, Rodney (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Σειρά: Georgia Genetics Review III ; 3
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Evolutionary biology.; Animal genetics.; Nature.; Environment.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Evolutionary Biology.; Community & Population Ecology.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.

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 em...