Variation and Evolution in Plants
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Variation and Evolution in Plants is a foundational botanical work by G. Ledyard Stebbins that integrated genetics, evolution, and plant biology, helping to solidify the modern evolutionary synthesis.
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book
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botany book → scientific monograph → |
| author |
G. Ledyard Stebbins
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| centuryOfPublication |
20th century
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| citedBy |
research on plant population genetics
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research on plant speciation → research on polyploidy → |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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| described |
evolutionary significance of hybridization
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importance of polyploidy in plants → mechanisms of plant speciation → role of genetic variation in plant evolution → |
| field |
botany
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evolutionary biology → genetics → |
| hasPart |
chapters on cytogenetics
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chapters on population structure in plants → chapters on taxonomy and evolution → |
| hasSubject |
evolution of flowering plants
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evolution of plant reproductive systems → geographical variation in plants → |
| influenced |
modern synthesis in botany
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plant evolutionary biology → plant systematics in the 20th century → |
| integrated |
evolutionary theory
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genetics → plant biology → |
| language |
English
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| publicationYear |
1950
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| publisher |
Columbia University Press
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| recognizedAs |
classic work in plant evolution
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key contribution to the modern evolutionary synthesis → |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
20th century evolutionary biology
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| topic |
chromosomal evolution
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genetic variation in plants → hybridization in plants → modern evolutionary synthesis → mutation and recombination → natural selection in plants → plant breeding systems → plant evolution → plant systematics → polyploidy → population genetics → speciation in plants → |
| usedIn |
university courses in botany
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university courses in evolutionary biology → |
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modern evolutionary synthesis
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G. Ledyard Stebbins
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