The year in evolutionary biology 2009 / edited by Carl D. Schlichting, Timothy A. Mousseau.

Boston, MA : Published by Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2009.

vii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Review and synthesis -- Toward a general theory of adaptive radiation: insights from microbial experimental evolution -- Evolutionary theory of cancer -- Intralocus sexual conflict -- Gene flow, invasiveness, and ecological impact of genetically modified crops -- The covariance between genetic and enviromental influences across ecological gradients: reassessing the evolutionary significance of countergradient and cogradient variation -- Going adaptive: the saga of antibodies -- The genetics and ecology of reinforcement: implications for the evolution of prezygotic isolation in sympatry and beyond -- Perspectives -- What can asexual lineage age tell us about the maintenance of sex? -- Predation on dependent offspring: a review of the consequences for mean expression and phenotypic plasticity in avian life history traits -- An extended synthesis for evolutionary biology.