Genetics, Speciation and the Founder Principle

About this book

This book describes the genetic mechanisms that govern the development and evolution of animals and plants, particularly those species evolving in isolated habitats or colonizing new territories - the `founder' populations.

Contents

W. Anderson, K. Kaneshiro & L. V. Giddings: H. L. Carson: Interviews toward an intellectual history; W. B. Provine: Founder effects and genetic revolutions in microevolution and speciation: an historical perspective; G. D. Carr, R. H. Robichaux, M. S. Witter & D. W. Kyhos: Adaptive radiation of the Hawaiian silversword alliance: a comparison with Hawaiian picture-winged Drosophila ; F. R. Ganders: Adaptive radiation in Hawaiian bidens ; G. L. Stebbins: Plant speciation and the founder principle; J. S. Yoon: Chromosomal evolution and speciation in Hawaiian Drosophila T. W. Lyttle: Is there a role for meiotic drive in karyotype evolution?; J. A. Hunt, K. A. Houtchens, L. M. Brezinsky, F. Shadravan & J. G. Bishop: Genomic DNA variation within and between closely related species of Hawaiian Drosophila ; W. J. Dickinson: Gene regulation and evolution; E. Nevo: The nature and role of peripheral isolates in the origin of species; J. R. Powell: The effects of founder-flush cycles on ethological isolation in laboratory populations of rosophila ; W. B. Heed: Origin of Drosophila of the Sonoran Desert: in search for a founder event; K. Y. Kaneshiro: The dynamics of sexual selection and founder effects in species formation; J. V. Neel: Human evolution and the "founder-flush" principle; A. T. Ohta: The genetic basis of adaptive evolution in the Grimshawi species complex of Hawaiian Drosophila ; A. R. Templeton: Founder effects and the evolution of reproductive isolation; H. L. Carson: Genetic imbalance, realigned selection and the origin of species.

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