Evolutionary Biology

After volume 33, this book series was replaced by the journal "Evolutionary Biology." Please visit www.springer.com/11692 for further information.

The current volume includes articles on the conceptual relationship of ontogeny, phylogeny, and classification; correlation studies of spatial patterns of genetic variation; and the evolution of flower display and reward.

1. The Conceptual Relationship of Ontogeny, Phytogeny, and Classification: The Taxic Approach.- 2. History, Function, and Evolutionary Biology.- 3. The Use of Molecular and Biochemical Markers in Crop Evolution Studies.- 4. Recent Advances in Correlation Studies of Spatial Patterns of Genetic Variation.- 5. Evolution of Retroposons.- 6. The Evolution of Flower Display and Reward.- 7. The Origin of Mosasaurs As a Model of Macroevolutionary Patterns and Processes.- 8. A History of an Extinct Reptilian Clade, the Choristodera: Longevity, Lazarus-Taxa, and the Fossil Record.- 9. Early Metazoan Evolution and the Meaning of Its Fossil Record.- 10. A Developmental Model for Evolution of the Vertebrate Exoskeleton and Teeth: The Role of Cranial and Trunk Neural Crest.