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Title: Phenotypic Evolution: A Reaction Norm Perspective by Carl D. Schlichting, Massimo Pigliucci ISBN: 0-87893-799-4 Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc. Pub. Date: May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $57.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not an introduction, but a great foundation
Comment: This book introduced me to 'reaction norms' and 'phenotypic plasticity.' Believe me, these are critical notions for any discussion of evolution. Phenotypic plasticity is the notion that different environments produce different phenotypic expressions despite identical genetic material. The book discusses a variety of cases pulled from the animal and plant kingdom. For example, many plant have develop into different 'forms' depending upon the altitude of their environment. In the animal kingdom, twin spiders will build different types of webs depending upon their environment. The 'reaction norm' represents the 'normal' phenotypic response to the environment, something we often mistake as being the genetic 'design.'
The book covers the somewhat daunting topics of allometry, ontogeny and epigentics, but does so in a very readable way. The books is accessible to the interested scientific reader regardless of background. Additionally, the book includes brief historical outlines of major lines of evolutionary thought. These provide an alternative avenue for accessing the theory when the terminology gets difficult.
In short, its the best reference on evolutionary theory I've found.
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Title: Developmental Plasticity and Evolution by Mary Jane West-Eberhard ISBN: 0195122356 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Phenotypic Plasticity: Beyond Nature and Nurture (Syntheses in Ecology and Evolution) by Massimo Pigliucci ISBN: 0801867886 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $83.00 |
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Title: Niche Construction : The Neglected Process in Evolution by F. John Odling-Smee, Kevin N. Laland, Marcus W. Feldman ISBN: 0691044376 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 02 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.50 |
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Title: The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution (Paper)) by Dolph Schluter ISBN: 0198505221 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.50 |
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Title: Thought in a Hostile World: The Evolution of Human Cognition by Kim Sterelny ISBN: 0631188878 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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