Evolutionary Biology - D - Oxford Bibliographies
Darwin, Charles
Gregory Radick
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Charles Darwin Introduction Anyone beginning to learn about Charles Darwin (b. 1809–d. 1882) will sooner or later need to reckon with the vast...
Darwinism
Michael Ruse
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
DarwinismIntroductionThe modern usage of the term Darwinism dates from the publication of On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, in which he arg...
Disease Virulence, Evolution of
Samuel Alizon
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Evolution of Disease Virulence Introduction Understanding why parasites harm their host has long puzzled evolutionary biologists. For most mic...
Diversification, Diversity-Dependent
Marina C. Rillo, Rampal S. Etienne
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2022-02-21
Diversity-Dependent DiversificationIntroductionAre there limits to the number of species on Earth? If resources on the planet are finite, it is reason...
Ecological Speciation
Timothy P. Craig
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Ecological SpeciationIntroductionSpeciation produces diversity of life on earth by splitting evolutionary lineages through the evolution of reproducti...
Endosymbiosis
Nancy A. Moran, Rebecca A. Chong
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2018-09-25
EndosymbiosisIntroductionWithout endosymbiosis, life on Earth would be vastly different. Endosymbiosis has been key to the diversification of eukaryot...
Epigenetics and Behavior
Eva Jablonka, Zohar Bronfman
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2015-04-29
Epigenetics and Behavior Introduction Behavioral epigenetics is part of the thriving field of epigenetics, which describes the study of develo...
Epistasis and Evolution
Joachim Krug
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2021-07-28
Epistasis and EvolutionIntroductionThe concept of epistasis was introduced into evolutionary theory more than a hundred years ago. Its history is mark...
Eusocial Insects as a Model for Understanding Altruism, Cooperation, and Levels of Selection
Heikki Helanterä
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2020-08-26
Eusocial Insects as a Model for Understanding Altruism, Cooperation, and Levels of SelectionIntroductionIf the logic of natural selection is applied s...
Eusociality
Timothy A. Linksvayer
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Eusociality Introduction The evolution of eusociality has long been described as an evolutionary puzzle because eusociality entails a reproduc...
Evidence of Evolution, The
Kenneth Olsen
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
The Evidence of Evolution Introduction “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” This statement, the title of a 1973
Evolution
Andrew Berry
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2018-04-26
EvolutionIntroductionThe term “evolution” is widely applied to a huge range of biological phenomena—from grand patterns in the history of life to the ...
Evolution and Development of Individual Behavioral Variation
Kate L. Laskowski, Alison M. Bell, Judy Stamps
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2021-03-24
Evolution and Development of Individual Behavioral VariationIntroductionWhat makes individuals unique? The answer to this question lies in understandi...
Evolution and Development: Genes and Mutations Underlying Phenotypic Variation
Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo, Arnaud Martin
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Evolution and Development: Genes and Mutations Underlying Phenotypic Variation Introduction While the study of evolution has long been equated...
Evolution of Animal Mating Systems
Ingrid Ahnesjö, Luc Bussière
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2021-04-21
Evolution of Animal Mating SystemsIntroductionAnimal mating systems are fascinating and diverse, and their evolution is central to evolutionary biolog...
Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance
Paul Ewald
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2018-08-28
Evolution of Antibiotic ResistanceIntroductionAntibiotics are defined as chemical compounds that kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria when used in l...
Evolution of New Genes
Manyuan Long
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Evolution of New Genes Introduction Every gene has its first day in evolution. Thus it is no surprise that gene origination is viewed as a gen...
Evolution of Plant Mating Systems
Alexander Harkness, Yaniv Brandvain, Emma Goldberg
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Evolution of Plant Mating SystemsIntroductionMating system has profound consequences for the ecology, distribution, and genetic structure of plant pop...
Evolution of Specialization
Matthew L. Forister, Salvatore J. Agosta
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Evolution of SpecializationIntroductionOne of the foundational ideas for modern organismal biology is that species can be characterized by a multidime...
Evolution, Cultural
Alex Mesoudi
Subject: Evolutionary Biology »
Date Added: 2017-10-25
Cultural EvolutionIntroductionCultural evolution is the idea that cultural change—that is, changes in beliefs, knowledge, attitudes, skills, norms, an...
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