Variation and evolution in plants
Variation and Evolution in Plants is a book written by G. Ledyard Stebbins, published in 1950. It is one of the key publications embodying the modern evolutionary synthesis, as the first comprehensive publication to discuss the relationship between genetics and natural selection in plants. The book has been described by plant systematist Peter H. Raven as "the most important book on plant evolution of the 20th century" and it remains one of the most cited texts on plant evolution
Columbia biological series, no. 16
xix, 643 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780231017336, 0231017332
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Description and analysis of variation patterns
Examples of variation patterns within species and genera
The basis of individual variation
Natural selection and variation in populations
Genetic systems as factors in evolution
Isolation and the origin of species
Hybridization and its effects
Polyploidy I: occurrence and nature of polyploid types
Polyploidy II: geographic distribution and significance of polyploidy
Apomixis in relation to variation and evolution
Structural hybridity and the genetic system
Evolutionary trends I: the karyotype
Evolutionary trends II: External morphology
Fossils, modern distribution patterns and rates of evolution
Includes index