Ebook: Essays in Evolution and Genetics in Honor of Theodosius Dobzhansky: A Supplement to Evolutionary Biology

It is not often that one has the opportunity to send a public birthday greet­ ing to a friend and colleague of many years, and to congratulate him on having reached the age of reason. In fact it happens only once, and comes then as a surprise. Surely it was only a few years ago that we sat together at an International Genetics Congress in Ithaca, and only yesterday that we became members of the same department. The eighth floor of Schermerhorn Hall had a north end where the flies were and a south end furnished with mice, and in between, a seminar room and laboratory. There the distances were short and the doors open and the coffee pot busy. But it now appears that yesterday has fallen thirty years behind and that we have grown up. I find it interesting and appropriate that Dobzhansky's lifetime spans the period of maturation of the fields to which this volume is devoted. This is true in a chronological sense for his birth occurred in the same year, 1900, in which modern genetics began. The rediscovery of Mendel's princi­ ples and the interpretation of the nature of heredity and variation to which this event led were necessary prerequisites to the development of evolution­ ary biology as presented in this collection of essays.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Theodosius Dobzhansky Up to Now....Pages 1-41
Uniformitarianism. An Inquiry into Principle, Theory, and Method in Geohistory and Biohistory....Pages 43-96
Evolution of Matter and Consciousness and Its Relation to Panpsychistic Identism....Pages 97-119
Competition, Coexistence, and Evolution....Pages 121-158
Adapted Molecules....Pages 159-172
Variation and Evolution in Plants: Progress During the Past Twenty Years....Pages 173-208
Population Research in the Scandinavian Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L): Recent Experimentation....Pages 209-235
Heterozygosity and Genetic Polymorphism in Parthenogenetic Animals....Pages 237-262
Evolutionary Studies on Maniola jurtina (Lepidoptera, Satyridae): The “Boundary Phenomenon” in Southern England, 1961 to 1968....Pages 263-287
The Genetic Basis of a Cell-Pattern Homology in Drosophila Species....Pages 289-298
Ecological Factors and the Variability of Gene-Pools in Drosophila ....Pages 299-314
Mating Propensity and Its Genetic Basis in Drosophila ....Pages 315-379
Observations on the Microdispersion of Drosophila melanogaster ....Pages 381-399
Studies on the Evolutionary Biology of Chilean Species of Drosophila ....Pages 401-436
The Evolutionary Biology of the Hawaiian Drosophilidae....Pages 437-543
Human Genetic Adaptation....Pages 545-577
Back Matter....Pages 579-594

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Theodosius Dobzhansky Up to Now....Pages 1-41
Uniformitarianism. An Inquiry into Principle, Theory, and Method in Geohistory and Biohistory....Pages 43-96
Evolution of Matter and Consciousness and Its Relation to Panpsychistic Identism....Pages 97-119
Competition, Coexistence, and Evolution....Pages 121-158
Adapted Molecules....Pages 159-172
Variation and Evolution in Plants: Progress During the Past Twenty Years....Pages 173-208
Population Research in the Scandinavian Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L): Recent Experimentation....Pages 209-235
Heterozygosity and Genetic Polymorphism in Parthenogenetic Animals....Pages 237-262
Evolutionary Studies on Maniola jurtina (Lepidoptera, Satyridae): The “Boundary Phenomenon” in Southern England, 1961 to 1968....Pages 263-287
The Genetic Basis of a Cell-Pattern Homology in Drosophila Species....Pages 289-298
Ecological Factors and the Variability of Gene-Pools in Drosophila ....Pages 299-314
Mating Propensity and Its Genetic Basis in Drosophila ....Pages 315-379
Observations on the Microdispersion of Drosophila melanogaster ....Pages 381-399
Studies on the Evolutionary Biology of Chilean Species of Drosophila ....Pages 401-436
The Evolutionary Biology of the Hawaiian Drosophilidae....Pages 437-543
Human Genetic Adaptation....Pages 545-577
Back Matter....Pages 579-594
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