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51	Detecting natural selection from patterns of DNA polymorphism and divergence / Fay, Justin Campbell. January 2001 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Committee on Genetics, August 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.
52	Evolution of fitness in the wild Gordon, Swanne P. January 2005 (has links) Environments are changing rapidly, which renders many local populations susceptible to extinction unless they can adapt to these changes. Studies of rapid adaptation commonly document the evolution of individual traits. Overall adaptation however, is a function of fitness itself, rather than the individual traits that contribute to fitness. Although numerous studies provide evidence for the evolution of specific traits on contemporary time scales, no published studies of wild animal populations have examined the evolution of a major fitness component following environmental change. My research demonstrates that an introduced population of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) has adapted to its new environment in less than ten years (13-26 generations). This adaptation consists of several phenotypic traits that have changed in the expected direction. Most critically, the introduced population now has higher survival than its ancestral source population when both are tested together in the introduction site. These results show that important components of fitness can evolve rapidly in populations, and that this evolution might influence the persistence of populations in the face of environmental change.
53	Contributions to quantitative and population genetics : a collection of publications with introduction / Mayo, Oliver. January 1987 (has links) (PDF) Thesis (D. Sc.)--University of Adelaide, 1987. / Title from container. Includes bibliographies and indexes.
54	Adaptive diversity and divergence at frog antimicrobial peptide loci / Tennessen, Jacob A. January 1900 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2009. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-119). Also available on the World Wide Web.
55	The role of natural selection and adaptation versus phenotypic plasticity in the invasive success of Hieracium lepidulum in New Zealand : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Biochemistry in the University of Canterbury / Parkkali, Seija Anna. January 2008 (has links) Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Canterbury, 2008. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-112). Also available via the World Wide Web.
56	Domain duplication, Darwinian selection and the origins of the seed storage globulins / Cannon, Nathaniel S. January 2008 (has links) (PDF) Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p.62-71).
57	The meanings of efficiency / Alexander, Jennifer Karns. January 1996 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1996. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [275]-299).
58	Population structure and natural selection for disease resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana / Stahl, Eli Ayumi. January 2000 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Committee on Genetics. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.
59	On the evolution of inter and intra specific communication through natural and sexual selection Järvi, Torbjörn. January 1983 (has links) Thesis (doctoral)--University of Stockholm, 1984. / Cover title. Added t.p. laid in. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 24-26 (1st group)).
60	Rapid evolution in a crop-weed complex (Raphanus spp.) Campbell, Lesley Geills. January 2007 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Full text release at OhioLINK's ETD Center delayed at author's request

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