Extreme Environmental Change and Evolution

by Peter A. Parsons and Ary A. Hoffmann

Book Overview

Most natural populations experience extremely stressful conditions. This book discusses how such conditions can cause periods of intense selection that increase both phenotypic and genetic variation, and allow organisms with novel characteristics to be first generated and then established in the population. Using evidence from the fossil record, the authors argue that stressful conditions can have a major impact on the environments. They also suggest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521446597
• ISBN13: 9780521446594
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"