Variation and evolution in plants and microorganisms : toward a new synthesis 50 years after Stebbins /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: NetLibrary, Inc, Colloquium on the Variation and Evolution in Plants and Microorganisms: Toward a New Synthesis 50 Years After Stebbins
Other Authors: Ayala, Francisco José, 1934-, Fitch, Walter M., 1929-2011, Clegg, Michael T., 1941-
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2000]
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Table of Contents:
  • G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906-2000)- an appreciation / Peter H. Raven
  • Solution to Darwin's dilemma: discovery of the missing Precambrian record of life / J. William Schopf
  • The chimeric eukaryote: origin of the nucleus from the karyomastigont in amitochondriate protists / Lynn Margulis, Michael F. Dolan, Ricardo Guerrero
  • Dynamic evolution of plant mitochondrial genomes: mobile genes and introns and highly variable mutation rates / Jeffrey D. Palmer, Keith L. Adams, Yangrae Cho, Christopher L. Parkinson, Yin-Long Qiu, Keming Song
  • The evolution of RNA viruses: a population genetics view / Andrés Moya, Santiago E. Elena, Alma Bracho, Rosario Miralles, Eladio Barrio
  • Effects of passage history and sampling bias on phylogenetic reconstruction of human influenza A evolution / Robin M. Bush, Catherine B. Smith, Nancy J. Cox, Walter M. Fitch
  • Bacteria are different: observations, interpretations, speculations, and opinions about the mechanisms of adaptive evolution in prokaryotes / Bruce R. Levin, Carl T. Bergstrom
  • Evolution of RNA editing in trypanosome mitochondria / Larry Simpson, Otavio H. Thiemann, Nicholas J. Savill, Juan D. Alfonzo, D.A. Maslov
  • Population structure and recent evolution of plasmodium falciparum / Stephen M. Rich, Francisco J. Ayala
  • Transposons and genome evolution in plants / Nina Fedoroff
  • Maize as a model for the evolution of plant nuclear genomes / Brandon S. Gaut, Maud Le Thierry d'Ennequin, Andrew S. Peek, Mark C. Sawkins
  • Flower color variation: a model for the experimental study of evolution / Michael T. Clegg, Mary L. Durbin.
  • -- Gene genealogies and population variation in plants / Barbara A. Schaal, Kenneth M. Olsen
  • Toward a new synthesis: major evolutionary trends in the angiosperm fossil record / David Dilcher
  • Reproductive systems and evolution in vascular plants / Kent E. Holsinger
  • Hybridization as a stimulus for the evolution of invasiveness in plants? / Norman C. Ellstrand, Kristina A. Schierenbeck
  • The role of genetic and genomic attributes in the success of polyploids / Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis.