Evolutionary Theory and Processes: Modern Perspectives: Papers in Honour of Eviatar Nevo

Front Matter....Pages I-LVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
HLA Polymorphism and Evolution....Pages 3-21
Selection, Darwinian Fitness and Evolution in Local Populations....Pages 23-30
Selection for Adaptive Traits as a Factor of Recombination Evolution: Evidence from Natural and Experimental Populations (A Review)....Pages 31-53
The Role of Recombination in Plant Genome Evolution....Pages 55-64
Variation and Fidelity: The Evolution of Simple Sequence Repeats as Functional Elements in Adjustable Genes....Pages 65-82
TIMA: A Recent Evolutionary Paradigm....Pages 83-95
Stable Gene Associations in Breeding and Evolution of Grasses....Pages 97-113
Compositional Correlations and Gene Distribution of the Human Genome....Pages 115-123
At the World’s Cross Roads....Pages 125-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Molecular Clocks and the Origin of Animals....Pages 151-169
Using Gene Trees to Infer Species from Testable Null Hypothesis: Cohesion Species in the Spalax ehrenbergi Complex....Pages 171-192
Primate Phylogeny and Classification Elucidated at the Molecular Level....Pages 193-211
Significant Segment Alignment of Pairs of Protein Sequences from Animals, Plants and Fungi....Pages 213-221
Molecular Genetic Characterization of Two Insular Asian Cat Species, Bornean Bay Cat and Iriomote Cat....Pages 223-248
Microsatellite Loci and the Origin of Modern Humans: A Bayesian Analysis....Pages 249-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Can Biodiversity and Genetic Variability be Conserved in Hostile Environments?....Pages 273-282
Species Diversity and Biology of Fungi Isolated from the Dead Sea....Pages 283-300
Speciation Under Self-Pollination....Pages 301-307
Allelic Variation at the MN Locus Varies with Climatic Variation in Africans and Native Americans....Pages 309-317
Genetic Structure of Natural Populations of the Parasitic Wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Wlk.) (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) and the Role of Haplo-Diploid Sex Determination in Microevolution....Pages 319-324
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Studies on Wild Barley, Hordeum spontaneum C. Koch at the Scottish Crop Research Institute....Pages 325-341
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
The Halophilic Archaea — Evolutionary Relationships and Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations....Pages 345-361
The Functional Ecology of Floral Guides in Relation to Insects Behaviour and Vision....Pages 363-383
Syndrome of Eusociality in African Subterranean Mole-Rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia), its Diagnosis and Aetiology....Pages 385-418
Afterripening, Amounts of Rain for Germination, and Seedling Drought Tolerance, of Local and Edaphic Ecotypes of Hordeum spontaneum C. Koch from Israel....Pages 419-439
Oviposition Site Selection in Response to Risk of Predation: Evidence from Aquatic Habitats and Consequences for Population Dynamics and Community Structure....Pages 441-456
Back Matter....Pages 457-466