Evolution of Biological Diversity

by Magurran, Anne E.; May, Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9780198503040
• ISBN10: 0198503040
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Within the current context of global interest in biological diversity,this is a timely review of the most recent research into the evolutionaryorigins of biological diversity and the processes of speciation, from renownedscholars. Recent studies have discovered considerable genetic and morphologicalvariation both between and within populations of the same species. Yet therelation between this intraspecific variation and the processes of speciationremains poorly understood. When, how, and why do new species arise? The chaptersin this book explore the question of how variation arises within species; someemphasize the ecological and behavioural basis of differentiation; others arguefor the role of natural selection in generating speciation. Several chaptersfocus on the important emerging links between sexual selection, sexual conflict,and population differentiation. The final chapters of the book take a broaderperspective on the question, and explore the fossil record for data on theorigination of species diversity - and extinctions - in the past.

Author Biography

Anne Magurran is Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the University of St Andrews. Sir Bob May is Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government, and is based at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	xi
The evolutionary genetics of speciation	1	(36)
J. A. Coyne
H. A. Orr
Genetic diversity: do marker genes tell us the whole story?	37	(19)
T. Tregenza
R. K. Butlin
Genetic diversity in natural populations	56	(14)
J. Harwood
W. Amos
Sympatric morphs, populations and speciation in freshwater fish with emphasis on arctic charr	70	(23)
S. Skulason
S. S. Snorrason
B. Jonsson
Sexual selection and natural selection in bird speciation	93	(20)
T. Price
Explosive speciation of African cichlid fishes	113	(17)
G. F. Turner
Sexual conflict and speciation	130	(30)
L. Partridge
G. A. Parker
Population differentiation without speciation	160	(24)
A. E. Magurran
From genes to individuals: developmental genes and the generation of the phenotype	184	(18)
D. Tautz
K. Schmid
Revealing the factors that promote speciation	202	(18)
T. G. Barraclough
A. P. Vogler
P. H. Harvey
Gulliver's further travels: the necessity and difficulty of a hierarchical theory of selection	220	(16)
S. J. Gould
Geographic range size and speciation	236	(24)
K. J. Gaston
S. L. Chown
Rates of speciation in the fossil record	260	(23)
J. J. Sepkoski, Jr
The evolution of diversity in ancient ecosystems: a review	283	(40)
S. Conway Morris
Index	323