Genes and Evolution

Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Diderot Bâtiment Buffon, France

• 1. The “Mendelian Gene” and the “Molecular Gene”: Two Relevant Concepts of Genetic UnitsVirginie Orgogozo, Alexandre E. Peluffo and Baptiste Morizot2. The Genetic Basis of Pigmentation Differences Within and Between Drosophila SpeciesJonathan Massey and Patricia J. Wittkopp3. To have and to Hold: Selection for Seed and Fruit Retention During Crop DomesticationLin-Feng Li and Kenneth M. Olsen4. The Genetics Underlying Natural Variation in the Biotic Interactions of Arabidopsis Thaliana: The Challenges of Linking Evolutionary Genetics and Community EcologyFabrice Roux and Joy Bergelson5. Behavioral Genetic Toolkits: Towards the Evolutionary Origins of Complex PhenotypesClare C. Rittschof and Gene E. Robinson6. Identifying Co-Opted Networks and Causative Mutations in the Origin of Novel Complex TraitsAntónia Monteiro and Mainak Das Gupta7. Looking Beyond the Genes: The Interplay between Signaling Pathways and Mechanics in the Shaping and Diversification of Epithelial TissuesSéverine Urdy, Nicolas Goudemand and Sophie Pantalacci8. Phenotypic Evolution with and Beyond Genome EvolutionMarie-Anne Félix9. Human Phenotypic Diversity: An Evolutionary PerspectivePatricia Balaresque and Turi E. King

"In conclusion, this book contains many useful reviews of the genetic basis of evolutionary change and some helpful conceptual discussions, but its suitability for a graduate reading course in evolutionary genetics is tempered by the lack of critical methodological, statistical, and population perspectives." --The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol.92, No. 4Praise for the Series: "Outstanding both in variety and in the quality of its contributions." --Nature