Title: The new systematics,
Authors: Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975; Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005,
Publisher: Clarendon Press,
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biology Classification; Genetics.; Evolution
Contents: Introductory: towards the new systematics, by J.S. Huxley.--Experimental and synthetic plan taxonomy, by W.B. Turrill.--Mutations and geographical variation, by N. Timofeeff-Ressovsky.--Taxonomic species and genetic systems, by C.D. Darlington.--The statistical consequences of Mendelian heredity in relation to speciation, by S. Wright.--Bearings of the 'Drosophila' work on systematics by H.J. Muller.--Problems of the origins of species, by L. Hogben.--Geographical differentiation in fresh waters with special reference to fish, by E.B. Worthington.--The problem of closely related species living in the same area, by C. Diver.--Ecological aspects of plant taxonomy, by E.J. Salisbury.--Ecology and the future of systematics, by W.H. Thorpe.--Embryology and taxonomy, by G.R. de Beer.--Palaeontology and the taxonomic problem, by W.J. Arkell and J.A. Moy-Thomas.--Taxonomic problems in fungi, by J. Ramsbottom.--Taxonomic botany, with special reference to the angio-sperms, by T.A. Sprague.--A museum zoologist's view of taxonomy, by W.T. Calman.--Taxonomy and philosophy, by J.S.L. Gilmour.--Entomological systematics examined as a practical problem, by J. Smart.--Polymorphism and taxonomy, by E.B. Ford.--Natural hybridization in relation to taxonomy, by H.H. Allan.--The origin and behaviour of cultivated plants, by M.B. Crane.--The new systematics of cultivated plants, by N.I. Vavilov.