Evolution. Essays on aspects of evolutionary biology presented to E.S. Goodrich on his seventieth birthday. Edited by G.R. de Beer

Goodrich, Edwin Stephen; De Beer, G.R. (Ed.)

Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1938

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viii, 350, [6] pp. Figs. Text-illust. (220 x 138 mm). Blue cloth with with DJ. Gilt spine. B/w portrait frontis of E.S. Goodrich. 8vo, Small chips in DJ, date ("6-27-53") written in blue pen on ffep. Very good. Contributors include the editor, Julian Huxley, O.W. Richards, and Walter Garstang. The book contains, among others, the following essays of genetical interest. E. B. POULTON-"Insect adaptation as evidence of evolution by natural selection"; J. S. HUXLEY-"The present standing of the theory of sexual selection"; E. B. FORD-"The genetic basis of adaptation"; J. B. S. HALDANE-"The nature of interspecific differences"; O. W. RICHARDS-"The formation of species"; CH. ELTON-"Animal numbers and adaptation"; J. S. BAKER-"The evolution of breeding seasons"; H. G. THORNTON- "Bacterial strains and variation." .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evolution. Essays on aspects of evolutionary biology presented to E.S. Goodrich on his seventieth birthday. Edited by G.R. de Beer
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included