The Evolutionary Biology of Species
The Evolutionary Biology of Species
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物种进化生物学
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2019
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T. Barraclough
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T. Barraclough
“物种”是理解生物多样性起源和动态的核心；解释为什么谱系分裂成多个不同的物种是进化生物学的主要目标之一。然而，物种的存在往往被认为是理所当然的，物种的确切含义以及它们是否真的作为一种自然模式存在，很少被建模或进行批判性测试。这本小说综合概述了物种的进化生物学，描述了物种是什么，它们是如何形成的，物种边界和多样性对进化的影响，以及随着时间的推移物种积累的模式。核心论点是，物种代表的不仅仅是分类学的一个单位；它们是多样性如何构成以及相关有机体群体如何进化的模型。作者采用了一种有意宽泛的方法来考虑从理论和经验上构成什么物种，以及我们如何检测它们，借鉴了从微生物到多细胞生物体的大量例子。
‘Species’ are central to understanding the origin and dynamics of biological diversity; explaining why lineages split into multiple distinct species is one of the main goals of evolutionary biology. However, the existence of species is often taken for granted, and precisely what is meant by species and whether they really exist as a pattern of nature has rarely been modelled or critically tested. This novel book presents a synthetic overview of the evolutionary biology of species, describing what species are, how they form, the consequences of species boundaries and diversity for evolution, and patterns of species accumulation over time. The central thesis is that species represent more than just a unit of taxonomy; they are a model of how diversity is structured as well as how groups of related organisms evolve. The author adopts an intentionally broad approach to consider what species constitute, both theoretically and empirically, and how we detect them, drawing on a wealth of examples from microbes to multicellular organisms.