Re: Macroevolution FAQ again
- From: John Wilkins <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:39:05 +1000
John Harshman wrote:
> John Wilkins wrote:
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>>I'm using my current mental state (dazed and confused, for so long it's=
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>>true) and the holidays to finally revise the above. We had a thread abo=
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>>years ago on version 2, which was shown by Larry and others to be radic=
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>>mistaken ;-) so I'm doing some book work to revise it. With luck I'll h=
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>>up in a few weeks as version 2.1, although if I followed Microsoft guid=
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>>this would be version 2003XP-NT-Longfellow.
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>>But I'm looking for the following:
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>>A serious [!?] creationist claim, made in detail, that there is a limit=
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>>evolution at some level. A book, preferably, but online if that's likel=
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>>remain stable.
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>>A detailed discussion of historical and developmental constraints. I ha=
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>>few (including The Brick, of course) but I'd like to get a wider accoun=
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>>I'm too lazy to read too much.
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>>Anything else folk (other than Larry - that has been well beaten into m=
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>>now) want covered? Remember that Doug Theobald has done the empirical r=
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>>already.
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> Here is everything from my files that has "constraint" in the title and
> might be appropriate:
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> Alberch, P. 1982. Developmental constraints in evolutionary processes.
> Pages 313-332 In J. T. Bonner (ed), Evolution and Development.
> Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
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> Charlesworth, B. and Lande, R. 1982. Morphological stasis and
> developmental constraint: no problem for neo-Darwinism. Nature 296:610.
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> Gould, S. J. 1989. A developmental constraint in Cerion, with comments
> on the definition and interpretation of constraint in evolution.
> Evolution 43:516-539.
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> Hall, B. K. 1996. Baupl=E4ne, phylotypic stages, and constraint: Why th=
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> are so few types of animals. Evolutionary Biology 29:215-261.
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> Johnson, K. P., McKinney, F. and Sorenson, M. D. 1999. Phylogenetic
> constraint on male parental care in the dabbling ducks. Proceedings of
> the Royal Society of London, Series B 266:759-763.
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> Maynard Smith, J., Burian, R., Kauffman, S., Alberch, P., Campbell, J.,
> Goodwin, B., Lande, R., Raup, D. and Wolpert, L. 1985. Developmental
> constraints and evolution. Quarterly Review of Biology 60:265-287.
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> McKitrick, M. C. 1993. Phylogenetic constraint in evolutionary theory:
> Has it any explanatory power? Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
> 24:307-330.
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> Oster, G. F. and Murray, J. D. 1989. Pattern formation models and
> developmental constraints. J. Experimental Zool. 251:186-202.
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> Sehgal, R. N. M. and Lovette, I. J. 2003. Molecular evolution of three
> avian neurotrophin genes: Implications for proregion functional
> constraints. Journal of Molecular Evolution 57:335-342.
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> Not much recent, I see. Well, it's not something I think about very
> often. There is also a good discussion in Levinton's text Genetics,
> Paleontology, and Macroevolution, which I would hope you have read.
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> I'm even lazier than you are; I won't write the FAQ. But I will read it
> if you want.
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Thanks. Yes, I have Levinton's book at my elbow. I should have recalled H=
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paper - he has a new book out I think. I'll hunt up as many of these as I=
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get without leaving the room :-)
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John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
Nihil tam absurdum quod non quidam Philosophi dixerit - adapted from Cice=
ro
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