About this title: Natural populations of plants show intricate patterns of variation. European botanists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries used this variation to classify different 'kinds' into a hierarchy of family, genus, and species. Although useful, these classifications were based on a belief in the fixity of species and the static patterns of variation. Darwin's theory of evolution changed this view; populations and species varied in time and space and were part of a continuing process of evolution. The development of molecular techniques has transformed our understanding of microevolution and ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc
Date Published: 1972
Description: Good. -Reprint--256 pgs. Interior-Light signs of use w/ underlining. The soft cover has only light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Press, West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780521276658ISBN:0521276659
Description: b/w Illustrations. Very Good- 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" Tall 0521276659 Used light creasing to spine, light browning to edges, 8vo, 412pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. T6-DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc. ), wrinkling, crease, discoloration, and shelf wear. World University Library. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Octavo. First Edition. 256 pages. Illustrated with sketches, diagrams, graphs, and maps. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Tip and base of spine slightly worn, covers have small stains, spine is cracked, else a very good copy. From the library of the the late Frances Forbes Heyn of New Orleans, author, artist, ceramicist, illustrator, yoga devotee and modern renaissance woman, with her signature. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780303748793ISBN:0303748796
Description: Good. Used; Good. 1969 Weidenfeld and N. paperback in good condition. Uncreased cover; very slight shade to outer edges of pages. read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780521257060ISBN:0521257069
Description: Very Good +/Very Good. 0521257069 Used Dust jacket has lightl colour variation due to sunning, FEP has the bookplate of Keble College, clear, bright and tight. read more
Edition: Edition/printing not stated
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Nr Very Good. 256pp. Trade paperback. [7.5"x5"] Color pictorial cover. ---Authors provide historical background of plant variation studies & insight into codes of plant evolution. They advocate combining many branches of science & advanced technical equipment in modern studies in this area. Charts, Tables, 22 color & 61 b/w illustrations (drawings, photos), Glossary, Bibliography, Index. ---Spine ends lightly bumped, two pages have top corner creases, & the front endpaper has been removed. ... read more
Edition: REV Edition Number is 3
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780521459181ISBN:0521459184
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.02 by 1.1 inches. (534 pages) considers how the study of variation in plants has developed over the last 300 years. our understanding of microevolution and the evolutionary history of the flowering plants has been transformed by the use of molecular techniques. this new edition reviews recent progress in its historical context, showing how hypotheses and models developed in the past have been critically tested via these new techniques. our understanding of microevolution ... read more
Edition: REV Edition Number is 3
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780521452953ISBN:0521452953
Description: BRAND NEW. 37.4 by 1.3 inches. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing)(536 pages) considers how the study of variation in plants has developed over the last 300 years. our understanding of microevolution and the evolutionary history of the flowering plants has been transformed by the use of molecular techniques. this new edition reviews recent progress in its historical context, showing how hypotheses and models developed in the past have been critically tested via these ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780521452953ISBN:0521452953
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