The Evolutionary Biology of Flies (eBook)

David Yeates, Brian Wiegmann (Herausgeber)

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2005
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-50170-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Flies (Dipteria) have had an important role in deepening scientists'understanding of modern biology and evolution. The study of flies has figured prominently in major advances in the fields of molecular evolution, physiology, genetics, phylogenetics, and ecology over the last century. This volume, with contributions from top scientists and scholars in the field, brings together diverse aspects of research and will be essential reading for entomologists and fly researchers.

Autor

David K. Yeates is Schlinger Fellow in Insect Systematics and a principal research scientist in the Australian National Insect Collection in the Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. He has published over eighty papers on the systematics and biology of flies and other insects.Brian Wiegmann is associate professor in the Entomology Department at North Carolina State University. His research is focused on fly phylogeny and the molecular evolution of fly genes.

Inhalt

Phylogenetic position of Diptera: review of the evidence, by Michael F. WhitingPhylogeny and evolution of Diptera: recent insights and new perspectives, by David K. Yeates and Brian M. WiegmannRole of dipterology in phylogenetic systematics: the insight of Willi Hennig, by Rudolf MeierThe genomes of Diptera, by Michael AshburnerEvolutionary developmental biology of the Diptera: the "model clade" approach, by Rob DesalleTransposable elements and the evolution of dipteran genomes, by Margaret G. KidwellEvolution and development of the dipteran nervous system, by David J. MerrittDipteran sex chromosomes in evolutionary developmental biology, by Neil Davies and George K. RoderickFossil history and evolutionary ecology of Diptera and their associations with plants, by Conrad C. LabandeiraBiogeographic patterns in the evolution of Diptera, by Peter CranstonSexual selection and the evolution of mating systems in flies, by Gerald S. Wilkinson and Philip M. JohnsEcological genetics of host use in Diptera, by Kenneth E. Filchak [and others]Invasive Diptera: using molecular markers to investigate cryptic species and the global spread of introduced flies, by Sonia J. SchefferGuild analyses of dipteran assemblages: a rationale and investigation of seasonality and stratification in selected rainforest faunas, by Roger L. Kitching, Daniel J. Bickel and Sarah Boulter

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 60 line, 15 H/T
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-231-50170-6 / 0231501706
• ISBN-13: 978-0-231-50170-5 / 9780231501705