The Evolutionary Synthesis: Perspectives on the Unification of Biology

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: Some Thoughts On The History Of The Evolutionary Synthesis / Mayr, Ernst -- Part One. Different Biological Disciplines And The Synthesis -- 1. Genetics -- Introduction / Provine, William B. -- Theoretical Population Genetics In The Evolutionary Synthesis / Lewontin, Richard C -- 2. Cytology -- Introduction / Provine, William B. -- The Evolution Of Genetic Systems: Contributions Of Cytology To Evolutionary Theory / Darlington, C. D. -- Cytology In The T. H. Morgan School / Weinstein, Alexander -- Cytogenetics And The Neo-darwinian Synthesis / Carson, Hampton L. -- 3. Embryology -- Introduction / Provine, William B. -- Embryology And The Modern Synthesis In Evolutionary Theory / Hamburger, Viktor -- The Modern Evolutionary Synthesis And The Biogenetic Law / Churchill, Frederick B. -- 4. Systematics -- The Role Of Systematics In The Evolutionary Synthesis / Mayr, Ernst -- 5. Botany -- Introduction / Mayr, Emst -- Botany And The Synthetic Theory Of Evolution / Stebbins, G. Ledyard -- 6. Paleontology -- Introduction / Mayr, Ernst -- G. G. Simpson, Paleontology, And The Modern Synthesis / Gould, Stephen Jay -- 7. Morphology -- Introduction / Mayr, Emst -- Morphology In The Evolutionary Synthesis / Coleman, William -- The Failure Of Morphology To Assimilate Darwinism / Ghiselin, Michael T. -- Severtsov And Schmalhausen: Russian Morphology And The Evolutionary Synthesis / Adams, Mark B. -- Part Two. The Synthesis In Different Countries -- 8. Soviet Union -- The Birth Of The Genetic Theory Of Evolution In The Soviet Union In The 1920s / Dobzhansky, Theodosius -- Sergei Chetverikov, The Kol'tsov Institute, And The Evolutionary Synthesis / Adams, Mark B. -- 9. Germany -- Introduction / Mayr, Emst -- Historical Development Of The Present Synthetic Neo-darwinism In Germany / Rensch, Bernhard -- Evolutionary Theory In Germany: A Comment / Hamburger, Viktor -- 10. France -- Introduction / Mayr, Ernst -- Evolutionary Biology In France At The Time Of The Evolutionary Synthesis / Boesiger, Ernest -- The Arrivai Of Neo-darwinism In France / Mayr, Ernst -- A Second Glance At Evolutionary Biology In France / Limoges, Camille -- 11. England -- Introduction / Provine, William B. -- Some Recollections Pertaining To The Evolutionary Synthesis / Ford, E. B. -- Lamarckìsm In Britain And The United States / Burkhardt, Richard W. -- A Note On W. L. Tower's Leptinotarsa Work / Weinstein, Alexander -- 12. United States -- Introduction / Provine, William B. -- The Evolutionary Synthesis: Morgan And Natural Selection Revisited / Allen, Garland E. -- Hypotheses That Blur And Grow / Carson, Hampton L. -- Part Three. Final Considerations -- 13. Interpretive Issues In The Evolutionary Synthesis -- Introduction / Provine, William B. -- The Meaning Of The Evolutionary Synthesis / Shapere, Dudley -- Biographical Essays -- How I Became A Darwinian / Mayr, Ernst -- Curt Stern / Mayr, Ernst -- J. B. S. Haldane, R. A. Fisher, And William Bateson / Darlington, C. D. -- Morgan And The Theory Of Natural Selection / Weinstein, Alexander -- Morgan And His School In The 1930s / Dohzhansky, Theodosius -- G. G. Simpson / Mayr, Ernst -- Contributors, Conference Participants, Index -- Contributors -- Conference Participants -- Index William B. Provine, Ernst Mayr. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.