Variation and Evolution in Plants is a book written by G. Ledyard Stebbins, published in 1950. It is one of the key publications embodying the modern synthesis...

synthesis of plant evolution incorporating genetics. His most important publication was Variation and Evolution in Plants, which combined genetics and Darwin's...

Plant evolution is the subset of evolutionary phenomena that concern plants. Evolutionary phenomena are characteristics of populations that are described...

plants and pollinating insects. In mimicry, species evolve to resemble other species; in Müllerian mimicry this is a mutually beneficial co-evolution...

did not hold up to closer examination. In 1950, G. Ledyard Stebbins published Variation and Evolution in Plants, which helped to integrate botany into...

hybridization and polyploidy in plants in his 1950 book Variation and Evolution in Plants. These permitted evolution to proceed rapidly at times, polyploidy in particular...

following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to evolution: In biology, evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological...

E. 1963. Animal Species and Evolution. Boston: Harvard U. Pr. Stebbins, G. Ledyard 1950. Variation and Evolution in Plants. New York: Columbia U. Pr...

 35 Stebbins, G.L. (1950). "Chapter XII: The Karyotype". Variation and evolution in plants. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231017336. "Karyosystematics"...

evolutionary processes such as natural selection and genetic drift act on genetic variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more or less common...

(1950). Variation and Evolution in Plants. Oxford University Press.[page needed] Ramsey J, Schemske DW (January 1998). "Pathways, Mechanisms, and Rates...

differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits...

The evolution of plants has resulted in a wide range of complexity, from the earliest algal mats of unicellular archaeplastids evolved through endosymbiosis...

enzymes in insects and plants may be polymorphic, whereas polymorphisms are less common among vertebrates.[citation needed] Ultimately, genetic variation is...

p. 28. Stebbins GL (1950). "Chapter XII: The Karyotype". Variation and evolution in plants. Columbia University Press. King RC, Stansfield WD, Mulligan...

from multiple types of tree frog. Many instances of convergent evolution are known in plants, including the repeated development of C4 photosynthesis, seed...

form and external structure of plants. This is usually considered distinct from plant anatomy, which is the study of the internal structure of plants, especially...

animals, plants are immobile, and cannot seek out sexual partners for reproduction. In the evolution of early plants, abiotic means, including water and much...

philosopher and botanist. In his works he classified plants according to their fruits and seeds, rather than alphabetically or by medicinal properties. In 1555...

extended to plants as well as animals with G. Ledyard Stebbins’s book, Variation and Evolution in Plants and the much later, 1981 book, Plant Speciation...

evolution is typically exhibited when two populations become separated by a geographic barrier (such as in allopatric or peripatric speciation) and experience...

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication is a book by Charles Darwin that was first published in January 1868. A large proportion of the...

Publications. p. 43 As quoted from Ramsbottom, (1938); in David Briggs (1997), "Plant Variation and Evolution", p. 16 "Rocky Road: Thomas Hawkins". www.strangescience...

In biology, evolution is the process of change in all forms of life over generations, and evolutionary biology is the study of how evolution occurs. Biological...

plant in gardens. The independent city of Galax, Virginia, is named after this plant. Stebbins, G. Ledyard (1950-12-31). Variation and Evolution in Plants...

Francisco J.; Fitch, Walter M.; Clegg, Michael T. (eds.). Variation and Evolution in Plants and Microorganisms: Toward a New Synthesis 50 Years after Stebbins...

opponents of Darwinian evolution and rivals of the biometrics school who argued that selection operated on continuous variation. In this portrayal, mutationism...

by plants, fungi, and bacteria, and is also the way that clonal colonies reproduce themselves. Examples of these organisms include blueberry plants, Hazel...

embryonic plant. The flowers of flowering plants contain their sexual organs. Most flowering plants are hermaphroditic, with both male and female parts in the...

Unsolved problem in biology: What selection pressures led to the evolution and maintenance of sexual reproduction? (more unsolved problems in biology) Sexual...