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Environmental Stress, Adaptation and Evolution
. Ed(S): Bijlsma, K.; Loeschcke, V.
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Description for Environmental Stress, Adaptation and Evolution
Hardback. Aims to understand, from a evolutionary perspective, the impact of stress on biological systems. This work discusses the role of stress in evolutionary change, from stress induced mutations and selection to speciation and evolution at the geological time scale. Editor(s): Bijlsma, K.; Loeschcke, V. Series: Experientia Supplementum. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSAK; PSF; PSTS; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Most organisms and populations have to cope with hostile environments, threatening their existence. Their ability to respond phenotypically and genetically to these challenges and to evolve adaptive mechanisms is, therefore, crucial. The contributions to this book aim at understanding, from a evolutionary perspective, the impact of stress on biological systems. Scientists, applying different approaches spanning from the molecular and the protein level to individuals, populations and ecosystems, explore how organisms adapt to extreme environments, how stress changes genetic structure and affects life histories, how organisms cope with thermal stress through acclimation, and how environmental and genetic stress induce fluctuating asymmetry, ... Read more
Most organisms and populations have to cope with hostile environments, threatening their existence. Their ability to respond phenotypically and genetically to these challenges and to evolve adaptive mechanisms is, therefore, crucial. The contributions to this book aim at understanding, from a evolutionary perspective, the impact of stress on biological systems. Scientists, applying different approaches spanning from the molecular and the protein level to individuals, populations and ecosystems, explore how organisms adapt to extreme environments, how stress changes genetic structure and affects life histories, how organisms cope with thermal stress through acclimation, and how environmental and genetic stress induce fluctuating asymmetry, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
Series
Experientia Supplementum
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783764356958
SKU
V9783764356958
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99-15
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