Variation: A Central Concept in Biology

Included Index

Variation and variability : central concepts in biology / Benedikt Hallgrímsson and Brian K. Hall --
Variation from Darwin to the modern synthesis / Peter J. Bowler --
The statistics of variation / Leigh Van Valen --
Landmark morphometrics and the analysis of variation / Joan T. Richtsmeier, Subhash R. Lele, and Theodore M. Cole III --
Variation in ontogeny / Donna Carlson Jones and Rebecca Z. German --
Constraints on variation from genotype through phenotype to fitness / Lauren Ancel Meyers --
Developmental origins of variation / Ellen Larsen --
Canalization, cryptic variation, and developmental buffering : a critical examination and analytical perspective / Ian Dworkin --
Mutation and phenotypic variation : where is the connection? : capacitators, stressors, phenotypic variability, and evolutionary change / Ary A. Hoffmann and John A. McKenzie --
Within individual variation : developmental noise versus developmental stability / Katherine E. Willmore and Benedikt Hallgrímsson --
Developmental constraints, modules, and evolvability / Christian Peter Klingenberg --
Developmental regulation of variability / Miriam Leah Zelditch --
Role of stress in evolution : from individual adaptability to evolutionary adaptation / Alexander V. Badyaev --
Environmentally contingent variation : phenotypic plasticity and norms of reaction / Sonia E. Sultan and Stephen C. Stearns --
Variation and life-history evolution / Derek A. Roff --
Antisymmetry / A. Richard Palmer --
Variation in structure and its relationship to function : correlation, explanation, and extrapolation / Anthony P. Russell and Aaron M. Bauer --
A universal generative tendency toward increased organismal complexity / Daniel W. McShea --
Variation and versatility in macroevolution / V. Louise Roth --
Variation and developmental biology : prospects for the future / David M. Parichy --
Phenogenetics : genotypes, phenotypes, and variation / Samuel Sholtis and Kenneth M. Weiss --
The study of phenotypic variability : an emerging research agenda for understanding the developmental-genetic architecture underlying phenotypic variation / Benedikt Halgrímsson, Jevon James Yardley Brown, and Brian K. Hall.

"Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was based on the observation that there is variation between individuals within the same species. This fundamental observation is a central concept in evolutionary biology. However, variation is only rarely treated directly. This volume positions the role of variability within this broad framework, bringing variation back to the center of the evolutionary stage. This book is intended for scholars, advanced undergraduate students and graduates in evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, paleontology, morphology, developmental biology, genomics and other related disciplines."--Jacket.