2024年4月13日发(作者：柏奇)
进化生物学中的二十篇经典文献
进化生物学中的二十篇经典文献
二十篇文献，每一篇都在进化生物学的发展史上有重大的地位，
看这些文献，除了能够提高理论水平，也能把握整个学科思想的发展
轨迹，强烈推荐！
Classic Texts
The Evolution website provides you with twenty classic texts
from the history of evolutionary biology. While there has to be
an arbitrary element in the choice of papers, we have aimed to
include timeless classics: some of them are still the works that
dominate modern discussions, others remain as implicit towering
structures behind the activities of the 21st Century. All, however,
are superb scientific papers, providing all sorts of intellectual
pleasure for the reader.
1."The perfection of animals" (1964) Biological Journal of the
Linnaean Society: 36 pp 3-29Cain, A.J.
Reproduced by permission of Academic Press, Ltd, London.
An essay arguing for the importance of adaption in living
things, and criticizing the division of characters into adaptive and
non-adaptive (particularly historical) categories. The essay marks
an interesting cotrast with Gould and Lewontin.
2."Chromosomal sequences and interisland colonizations in
Hawaiian Drosophila" (1983) Genetics: 10 pp465-482Carson, H.L.
Reproduced by permission of the Genetic Society of America.
An account of the way chromosomal inversions have been
used to reconstruct the phylogeny of Hawaiian fruitflies. One of
a series of great papers by Carson on the evolution of this
amazing group of flies. 3."Patterns of speciation in Drosophila"
(1989) Evolution: 43 pp 362-281Coyne, J.A. & Orr, H. A
Reproduced by permission of The Society for the Study of
Evolution. One of several famous papers by these authors that
have done much to revive interest in the mechanism of speciation.
It contains important evidence suggestive of reinforcement in
fruitfly speciation, and other tantalising inferences, for instance
about how long speciation takes. 4."On the origin of species"
Chapter 3: "The Struggle for Existance" (1859) pp 71-90 Darwin,
C.
Reproduced by permission of John Murray
This famous chapter introduces the concept of the struggle
for existence and the universal occurrence of excess fecundity. It
is an essential part of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural
selection.
5."On the origin of species" Chapter 14: "Recapitulation and
conclusion" (1859) pp 545-579Darwin, C.
Reproduced by permission of John Murray
This is the final chapter from Charles Darwin's masterpiece.
As well as being of great scientific importance, it is also
recognised and enjoyed as a work of classic literature.
6."An experimental study of interaction between genetic
drift and natural selection" (1957) Evolution: 11 pp 311-
319Dobzhansky, T. & Pavlovsky, O.
Reproduced by permission of The Society for the Study of
Evolution.
A neat experimental demonstration of drift, and its relation
with population size. Our only representative from the may
classic contributions of Dobzhansky to evolutionary biology.
7."Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to phyletic
gradualism" (1972) pp 82-115 in "Models in paleobiology",
edited by Schopf, TJM Freeman, Cooper & Co, San
2024年4月13日发(作者：柏奇)
进化生物学中的二十篇经典文献
进化生物学中的二十篇经典文献
二十篇文献，每一篇都在进化生物学的发展史上有重大的地位，
看这些文献，除了能够提高理论水平，也能把握整个学科思想的发展
轨迹，强烈推荐！
Classic Texts
The Evolution website provides you with twenty classic texts
from the history of evolutionary biology. While there has to be
an arbitrary element in the choice of papers, we have aimed to
include timeless classics: some of them are still the works that
dominate modern discussions, others remain as implicit towering
structures behind the activities of the 21st Century. All, however,
are superb scientific papers, providing all sorts of intellectual
pleasure for the reader.
1."The perfection of animals" (1964) Biological Journal of the
Linnaean Society: 36 pp 3-29Cain, A.J.
Reproduced by permission of Academic Press, Ltd, London.
An essay arguing for the importance of adaption in living
things, and criticizing the division of characters into adaptive and
non-adaptive (particularly historical) categories. The essay marks
an interesting cotrast with Gould and Lewontin.
2."Chromosomal sequences and interisland colonizations in
Hawaiian Drosophila" (1983) Genetics: 10 pp465-482Carson, H.L.
Reproduced by permission of the Genetic Society of America.
An account of the way chromosomal inversions have been
used to reconstruct the phylogeny of Hawaiian fruitflies. One of
a series of great papers by Carson on the evolution of this
amazing group of flies. 3."Patterns of speciation in Drosophila"
(1989) Evolution: 43 pp 362-281Coyne, J.A. & Orr, H. A
Reproduced by permission of The Society for the Study of
Evolution. One of several famous papers by these authors that
have done much to revive interest in the mechanism of speciation.
It contains important evidence suggestive of reinforcement in
fruitfly speciation, and other tantalising inferences, for instance
about how long speciation takes. 4."On the origin of species"
Chapter 3: "The Struggle for Existance" (1859) pp 71-90 Darwin,
C.
Reproduced by permission of John Murray
This famous chapter introduces the concept of the struggle
for existence and the universal occurrence of excess fecundity. It
is an essential part of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural
selection.
5."On the origin of species" Chapter 14: "Recapitulation and
conclusion" (1859) pp 545-579Darwin, C.
Reproduced by permission of John Murray
This is the final chapter from Charles Darwin's masterpiece.
As well as being of great scientific importance, it is also
recognised and enjoyed as a work of classic literature.
6."An experimental study of interaction between genetic
drift and natural selection" (1957) Evolution: 11 pp 311-
319Dobzhansky, T. & Pavlovsky, O.
Reproduced by permission of The Society for the Study of
Evolution.
A neat experimental demonstration of drift, and its relation
with population size. Our only representative from the may
classic contributions of Dobzhansky to evolutionary biology.
7."Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to phyletic
gradualism" (1972) pp 82-115 in "Models in paleobiology",
edited by Schopf, TJM Freeman, Cooper & Co, San