After volume 33, this book series was replaced by the journal "Evolutionary Biology." Please visit www. springer. com/11692 for further information. Volume 30brings readers up to date on the investigation of eminent evolutionary biologists and paleobiologists. Contributions explore such topics asAdaptation inDrosophilaand the role of cytochrome P450sPopulation genetics and species conservation of the cheetahgerm-layer theoryassymetry in the mammalian skeletongenetic diversity of marine fishthe phenomenon of industrial melanismthe variation in lizard cranal kinesis. Other chapters focus on such issues as overdominance and its relation to higher mutation-rate estimates and the use of molecular clocks in determining the rate of nucleotide substitution in higher plants. | Evolutionary Biology by Max K. Hecht, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters