Species is a benchmark exploration and clarification of a concept fundamental to the past, present, and future of the natural sciences. In this edition, a section is added on the debate over species since the time of the New Synthesis, and brings the book up to date.
Unique in its approach, this work updates our understanding of human variation by employing both laboratory and field perspectives. Written by a team ..
Analyzing the evolutionary losses characteristic of subterranean animals, this volume is a comprehensive account of all known subterranean species. Ca..
Advances in molecular biology and developmental genetics have contributed to a wealth of new data on the major steps in vertebrate evolution. This vol..
This book represents a discussion between molecular biologists and paleontologists, in which they investigate the significance of competing sources of..
With changes in technology and a renewed effort to catalog the world’s biodiversity, huge amounts of data are being generated on biodiversity issues. ..
Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes elucidates the role of the flatworms in the animal kingdom. It brings together results from an international..
When looking at groups of organisms, shared characteristics (homologues) provide the raw data from which hypotheses of common ancestry may be suggeste..
With six pages of full color plates, this volume assesses the impact of molecular tools on the taxonomy of algal groups. It discusses the extent to wh..
Containing contributions from leading proponents of differing methods within biogeography, this book defines the differing, sometimes conflicting, per..
An in-depth discussion of the future of descriptive taxonomy, this book examines the efforts of several international groups to catalog the world’s bi..
Of relevance to systematic, taxonomic, and evolutionary biologists, Reconstructing the Tree of Life: Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich Taxa fea..
Unique in its approach, this work updates our understanding of human variation by employing both laboratory and field perspectives. Written by a team ..