Author: Ross H. Nehm
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Macroevolutionary Pattern and Developmental Process in Marginellid Gastropods from the Neogene of the Caribbean Basin
Author: Ross H. Nehm
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Evolutionary Patterns
Author: Alan H. Cheetham
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226389301
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
With all the recent advances in molecular and evolutionary biology, one could almost wonder why we need the fossil record. Molecular sequence data can resolve taxonomic relationships, experiments with fruit flies demonstrate evolution and development in real time, and field studies of Galapagos finches have provided the strongest evidence for natural selection ever measured in the wild. What, then, can fossils teach us that living organisms cannot? Evolutionary Patterns demonstrates the rich variety of clues to evolution that can be gleaned from the fossil record. Chief among these are the major trends and anomalies in species development revealed only by "deep time," such as periodic mass extinctions and species that remain unchanged in form for millions of years. Contributors explore modes of development, the tempo of speciation and extinction, and macroevolutionary patterns and trends. The result is an important contribution to paleobiology and evolutionary biology, and a spirited defense of the fossil record as a crucial tool for understanding evolution and development. The contributors are Ann F. Budd, Efstathia Bura, Leo W. Buss, Mike Foote, Jörn Geister, Stephen Jay Gould, Eckart Hâkansson, Jean-Georges Harmelin, Lee-Ann C. Hayek, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Kenneth G. Johnson, Nancy Knowlton, Scott Lidgard, Frank K. McKinney, Daniel W. McShea, Ross H. Nehm, Beth Okamura, John M. Pandolfi, Paul D. Taylor, and Erik Thomsen.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226389301
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
With all the recent advances in molecular and evolutionary biology, one could almost wonder why we need the fossil record. Molecular sequence data can resolve taxonomic relationships, experiments with fruit flies demonstrate evolution and development in real time, and field studies of Galapagos finches have provided the strongest evidence for natural selection ever measured in the wild. What, then, can fossils teach us that living organisms cannot? Evolutionary Patterns demonstrates the rich variety of clues to evolution that can be gleaned from the fossil record. Chief among these are the major trends and anomalies in species development revealed only by "deep time," such as periodic mass extinctions and species that remain unchanged in form for millions of years. Contributors explore modes of development, the tempo of speciation and extinction, and macroevolutionary patterns and trends. The result is an important contribution to paleobiology and evolutionary biology, and a spirited defense of the fossil record as a crucial tool for understanding evolution and development. The contributors are Ann F. Budd, Efstathia Bura, Leo W. Buss, Mike Foote, Jörn Geister, Stephen Jay Gould, Eckart Hâkansson, Jean-Georges Harmelin, Lee-Ann C. Hayek, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Kenneth G. Johnson, Nancy Knowlton, Scott Lidgard, Frank K. McKinney, Daniel W. McShea, Ross H. Nehm, Beth Okamura, John M. Pandolfi, Paul D. Taylor, and Erik Thomsen.
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Beyond Heterochrony
Author: Miriam Zelditch
Publisher: Wiley-Liss
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Heterochrony has been a dominant theme in the explosion of interest of evolution and development. This book explores beyond heterochrony for the links between evolutionary and developmental processes, as well as the origins of morphological diversity.
Publisher: Wiley-Liss
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Heterochrony has been a dominant theme in the explosion of interest of evolution and development. This book explores beyond heterochrony for the links between evolutionary and developmental processes, as well as the origins of morphological diversity.
Bulletins of American Paleontology
Author:
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Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
American Doctoral Dissertations
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertation abstracts
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertation abstracts
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record
Author: Warren D. Allmon
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022637744X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The literature of paleobiology is brimming with qualifiers and cautions about using species in the fossil record, or equating such species with those recognized among living organisms. Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record digs through this literature and surveys the recent research on species in paleobiology. In these pages, experts in the field examine what they think species are - in their particular taxon of specialty or more generally in the fossil record. They also reflect on what the answers mean for thinking about species in macroevolution. The first step in this approach is an overview of the Modern Synthesis, and paleobiology’s development of quantitative ways of documenting and analyzing variation with fossil assemblages. Following that, this volume’s central chapters explore the challenges of recognizing and defining species from fossil specimens, and show how with careful interpretation and a clear species concept, fossil species may be sufficiently robust for meaningful paleobiological analyses. Tempo and mode of speciation over time are also explored, exhibiting how the concept of species, if more refined, can reveal enormous amounts about the interplay between species origins and extinction and local and global climate change.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022637744X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The literature of paleobiology is brimming with qualifiers and cautions about using species in the fossil record, or equating such species with those recognized among living organisms. Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record digs through this literature and surveys the recent research on species in paleobiology. In these pages, experts in the field examine what they think species are - in their particular taxon of specialty or more generally in the fossil record. They also reflect on what the answers mean for thinking about species in macroevolution. The first step in this approach is an overview of the Modern Synthesis, and paleobiology’s development of quantitative ways of documenting and analyzing variation with fossil assemblages. Following that, this volume’s central chapters explore the challenges of recognizing and defining species from fossil specimens, and show how with careful interpretation and a clear species concept, fossil species may be sufficiently robust for meaningful paleobiological analyses. Tempo and mode of speciation over time are also explored, exhibiting how the concept of species, if more refined, can reveal enormous amounts about the interplay between species origins and extinction and local and global climate change.
Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene
Author: Ross H. Nehm
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789048116676
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Here, a diverse group of geologists and paleobiologists focus their attention on the richly fossiliferous Neogene stratigraphic sections of the Dominican Republic. They provide an updated geological framework and a series of novel studies of evolutionary stasis and change among different lineages and associated ecological communities. This collection of studies illustrates the immense potential of collaborative, multidisciplinary, and field-based paleobiological research.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789048116676
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Here, a diverse group of geologists and paleobiologists focus their attention on the richly fossiliferous Neogene stratigraphic sections of the Dominican Republic. They provide an updated geological framework and a series of novel studies of evolutionary stasis and change among different lineages and associated ecological communities. This collection of studies illustrates the immense potential of collaborative, multidisciplinary, and field-based paleobiological research.
Guidelines for Poster Presentations
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Category : Posters
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Posters
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Biotic Interactions in Recent and Fossil Benthic Communities
Author: Michael J.S. Tevesz
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781475707427
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781475707427
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description