Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology Volume 8 1991 [Hardcover]

This new volume in the OSEB series presents reviews of key theoretical ideas and frameworks, and outlines progress in evolutionary studies.

Preface
List of contributors
Controversies in retrospect,Ernst Mayr
Sewall Wright: gene interaction and the Shifting Balance Theory,Michael J. Wade
Coevolution among competitors,Mark L. Taper and Ted J. Case
DNA variation in humans and its implications for human evolution,Wen-Hsiung Li and Lori Sadler
Evolutionary studies in cultivated rice and its wild relatives,Hiroko Morishima, Yoshio Sano, and Hiko-Ichi Oka
The theoretical population genetics of autopolyploidy,James D. Bever and Fran?ois Felber
A causal analysis of stages in allopatric speciation,Warren D. Allmon
Inferences from allometry and fossils: dwarfing of elephants on islands,V. Louise Roth
Morphology, the study of form and function, in modern evolutionary biology,Marvalee H. Wake
Symbiosis in evolution,A. E. Douglas
Index
Content lists of previous volumes