Variation and Evolution in Plants and Microorganisms: Toward a New Synthesis 50 Years After Stebbins

by National Academy of Sciences and U.S. National Academy of Sciences

The present book is intended as a progress report on the] synthetic approach to evolution as it applies to the plant kingdom. With this simple statement, G. Ledyard Stebbins formulated the objectives of Variation and Evolution in Plants, published in 1950, setting forth for plants what became known as the synthetic theory of evolution or the modern synthesis. The pervading conceit of the book was the molding of Darwin's evolution by natural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309070996
• ISBN13: 9780309070997
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"