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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instanceOf book
botany book
scientific monograph
author G. Ledyard Stebbins
centuryOfPublication 20th century
citedBy research on plant population genetics
research on plant speciation
research on polyploidy
countryOfPublication United States
described evolutionary significance of hybridization
importance of polyploidy in plants
mechanisms of plant speciation
role of genetic variation in plant evolution
field botany
evolutionary biology
genetics
hasPart chapters on cytogenetics
chapters on population structure in plants
chapters on taxonomy and evolution
hasSubject evolution of flowering plants
evolution of plant reproductive systems
geographical variation in plants
influenced modern synthesis in botany
plant evolutionary biology
plant systematics in the 20th century
integrated evolutionary theory
genetics
plant biology
language English
publicationYear 1950
publisher Columbia University Press
recognizedAs classic work in plant evolution
key contribution to the modern evolutionary synthesis
timePeriodDiscussed 20th century evolutionary biology
topic chromosomal evolution
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
university courses in evolutionary biology

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modern evolutionary synthesis
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G. Ledyard Stebbins
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