Evolutionary Biology
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4615-6985-5 (ISBN)
..213 xl xii Contents 3. Species Selection As a Causal Process ...249 Norman L. Gilinsky Introduction ...249 Differential Rates of Extinction ...251 ...Differential Rates of Speciation: General Problems ...252 Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Reducibility ...254 Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Irreducibility Speciation via the Founder Principle ...257 ...Discussion ...262 Possible Examples of Species Selection: Hawaiian Drosophilidae ...262 Possible Examples of Species Selection: Tertiary Neogastropoda ...263 The Snail Example: Another Viewpoint ...267 . Species Selection and Randomness ...268 Species Selection and Punctuated Equilibria ...269 . .
1. William Campbell Steere: An Outline of His Life and Continuing Career.- Bibliography of Publications of William Campbell Steere.- 2. Biochemical Systematics: II. A Reprise.- Micromolecules.- Macromolecules.- Conclusions and Future Prospects.- References.- 3. Species Selection As a Causal Process.- Differential Rates of Extinction.- Differential Rates of Speciation: General Problems.- Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Reducibility.- Differential Rates of Speciation: A Case for Irreducibility Speciation via the Founder Principle.- Discussion.- Conclusions.- References.- Species Selection As a Causal Process: A Reply.- References.- 4. Species Are Individuals: A Review and Critique of the Argument.- Introduction: What Is an Individual?.- Heraclitus’ Paradox.- The Organism As Paradigm.- The Firm As Paradigm.- Hydra As Paradigm.- Definitions, Words, and Things.- The Biological Species Concept.- Objectification of Species As Closed Systems.- Objectification of Species As Open Systems.- Pattern and Process: Complementary Views of Nature.- References.- 5. A Morphogenetic Approach to the Origin and Basic Organization of the Tetrapod Limb.- Morphogenesis and Homology: The Pattern of the Tetrapod Limb.- Invariance and Homology: The Pattern of the Tetrapod Limb.- Morphogenesis and Character Polarity: Von Baerian versus Haeckelian Recapitulation.- Recent Criticisms of Classical Views of Homology and Recapitulation of the Tetrapod Limb.- Developmental Patterns in the Limb Skeleton: Connectivity, Branching, and Segmentation.- to Developmental Bifurcations.- Review of Chondrogenesis.- Limb Patterning Viewed As a Hierarchical Sequence of “Branching” Events.- Branching, Segmentation, and de novo Condensation: Pattern and Process in Limb Development.- The Ground-Plan ofthe Tetrapod Limb.- The Metapterygial Axis of the Tetrapod Limb.- Embryonic Connectivity: A Reanalysis of the Metapterygial Axis.- Variance and Invariance in Limb Development.- Embryonic Connectivity: Causal Mechanism and Homology.- Conclusion: Comparative Morphology and Evolutionary Theory.- Summary.- Appendix: Symbols and Abbreviations.- References.- 6. Developmental Evidence for Amphibian Origins.- Characters.- Discussion.- Prognosis.- References.- 7. The Origin of Amphikinesis in Lizards: A Problem in Functional Morphology and the Evolution of Adaptive Systems.- Kinesis in Eosuchians.- Kinesis in Lizards.- Adaptive Significance of Kinesis.- The Origin of Lizards.- Evolution and Cranial Function.- The Attainment of Amphikinesis.- Theoretical Evolutionary Implications.- Summary.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Appendix C.- Appendix D.- Appendix E.- References.
| Zusatzinfo | 29 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 472 p. 29 illus. |
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| Verlagsort | New York, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4615-6985-0 / 1461569850 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4615-6985-5 / 9781461569855 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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