Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was based on the observation that there is variation between individuals within the same species. This fundamental observation is a central concept in evolutionary biology. However, variation is only rarely treated directly. It has remained peripheral to the study of mechanisms of evolutionary change. The explosion of knowledge in genetics, developmental biology, and the ongoing synthesis of evolutionary and developmental biology has made it possible for us to study the factors that limit, enhance, or structure variation at the level of an

Variation (Biology) --- Biological variation --- Biology --- Heredity --- Genetics --- Mutation (Biology)

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Evolution. Phylogeny --- Evolution (Biology) --- Natural selection --- Darwinism --- Selection, Natural --- Genetics --- Variation (Biology) --- Biological invasions --- Heredity --- History

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This collection of papers summarizes understanding about the extent of genetic variation within wild populations and the ways to monitor such variation. It proposes the idea that an objective of evolutionary ecology is necessary to predict organism, population, community, and ecosystem response.

Population genetics. --- Variation (Biology) --- Biological variation --- Biology --- Heredity --- Genetics --- Mutation (Biology)

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Epigenesis. --- Mutation (Biology) --- Variation (Biology) --- Biological variation --- Biology --- Heredity --- Genetics --- Embryology --- Evolution (Biology)

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. The theory asserts, perhaps somewhat controversially, that the driving force behind evolution is mutation, with natural selection being of only secondary importance. The word 'mutation' is used to describe any kind of change in DNA such as nucleotide substitution, gene duplication/deletion, chromosomal change, andgenome duplication. A brief history of the principal evolutionary theories (Darwinism, mutationism, neo-Darwinism,

Mutation (Biology) --- Evolution. --- Philosophy --- Creation --- Emergence (Philosophy) --- Teleology --- Genetics --- Variation (Biology) --- Evolution. Phylogeny