Evolution and Speciation: Essays in Honor of M. J. D. White

by Edited by William R. Atchley , David S. Woodruff

• ISBN13: 9780521187404
• ISBN10: 0521187400
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-17
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This 1981 collection of papers focuses on a wide range of topics in the general field of evolutionary biology. It will be of interest to scientists and advanced students concerned with cytogenetics and evolution. The authors are distinguished workers in their field who have been associated with Professor M. J. D. White, who was the world authority on chromosomal evolution and speciation, to whom this volume was presented on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. Their contributions cover hybrid zones, speciation and chromosomal evolution in various groups of insects, lizards and mammals.

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Preface

Introduction:

M. J. D. White: the scientist and the man

Cytology and Cytogenetics:

Chromosome change and evolutionary change: a critique

Components of genetic systems in mammals

Sex chromosomes, parthenogenesis, and polyploidy in ticks

Differentiation of heterochromatin

A glimpse of the tridactyloid karyotype

Hybrid Zones:

Hybrid zones and speciation

Chromosomal hybrid zones in orthopteroid insects

Toward a genodynamics of hybrid zones: studies of Australian frogs and West Indian land snails

Speciation and Evolution:

Stasipatric speciation and rapid evolution in animals

Habitat selection and speciation in Drosophila

Problems in speciation in Chironomus oppositus Walker in southeastern Australia

Chromosome change and speciation in lizards

Chromosomal tracing of evolution in a phylad of species related to Drosophila hawaiiensis

Reproductive isolation: a critical review

The maintenance of B chromosomes in Brachycome dichromosomatica

Genetic aspects of ant evolution

Chromosomal evolution and morphometric variability in the thlytokous insect Warramaba virgo (key)

Speculations on the evolution of the insect storage proteins

Evolution in jeopardy: the role of nature reserves

Index

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