Review: A Model of Variability
Lauder GV. 1995. Review: A Model of Variability. Science. 267(5201):1192
This is a book review on 'The Evolutionary Biology of the Threespine Stickleback' by Michael A. Bell and Susan A Foster. A major theme that emerges from this book is the complex history of stickleback evolution and the lack of knowledge about this history. Threespine sticklebacks possess outstanding features for ongoing studies in evolutionary biology such as their repeated invasions of relatively isolated freshwater habitats. Comparative biology often suffers from the lack of replicated natural experiments, and sticklebacks offer a profusion of such cases. With a more complete phylogenetic framework, further analyses of the genetic bases of variation in ecology and behavior, and the application of more consistent methodologies for data collection across populations, research on threespine sticklebacks will provide significant contributions to the exploration of many fundamental issues in evolutionary biology.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Lauder, George
- Units
- VOYA
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Aquatic Studies, evolutionary biology, Genetics, Population, Research, threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)