Natural Hybridation and Evolution includes data from numerous sources that support the paradigm of natural hybridization as an important evolutionary process. The review of these data results in a challenge of the dogma that is the explicit or implicit framework used by a large proportion of evolutionary biologists - that the process of natural hybridization is maladaptive and it is because it represents a violation of divergent evolution. In contrast, this book presents evidence of a significant role for natural hybridization in furthering adaptive evolution and evolutionary diversification in both plants and animals.
Reviews
Arnold has written a clearly structured and stimulating review of current research on hybrid zones - especially valuable for its summary of his work on the Louisiana Iris, which gives is probably the best study of natural selection on field hybrids. * N.H. Barton, University of Edinburgh, Genetical Research, Vol. 70, 1997 *
This is a book which will dispel many naive notions about hybridization and is a clear and interesting read. * Trends in Ecology & Evolution *



Book Information
ISBN 9780195099751
Author Michael L. Arnold
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 326g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 16mm