Culver: Adaptation and Natural Selection in Caves (Harvard University Pr., 1995)

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Mathematics & Sciences
ISBN
9780674004252
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674004256
ISBN-13
9780674004252
eBay Product ID (ePID)
787717

Product Key Features

Book Title
Adaptation and Natural Selection in Caves : the Evolution of Gammarus Minus
Number of Pages
230 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Biology, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Publication Year
1995
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Author
Thomas C. Kane, David C. Culver, Daniel W. Fong
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
17.7 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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LCCN
94-005362
Reviews
The authors present a detailed analysis of convergent adaptation to a cave environment...The book is complete in scope and rich in detail, representing the results of many years of extensive research by the authors.
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
595.3/71
Table Of Content
1. Introduction 2. Caves as Evolutionary Laboratories 3. Gammarus minus as a Model Organism 4. The Ecological Theater 5. The Geography of Gammarus minus 6. Making a Case for Selection 7. Putting the Pieces Together 8. Questions of Time 9. Adaptation in Gammarus minus Glossary References Index
Synopsis
The harsh environment of caves - dark, damp, sparse of food - is home to a variety of bizarre creatures. Biologists, for their part, often treat these delicate, colourless organisms with no eyes, or at least greatly reduced eyes, as mere oddities with little importance to a topic as grand as evolution. Focusing on one cave-dwelling crustacean, Gammarus minus, this book shows that, to the contrary, cave life can provide a valuable empirical model for the study of evolution, particularly adaptation.
LC Classification Number
QL444.M315C84 1995

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