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George Gaylord Simpson (1902-1984)

American. Mus. Nat. Hist.; Harvard Univ.; Univ. Arizona
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[BOOK][B] The major features of evolution

GG Simpson - 1953 - degruyter.com
WHEN A REVISION OF Tempo and Mode in Evolution was called for, my feeling was that
the book had served its purpose and should be allowed to fossilize quietly. That work was …

[BOOK][B] Tempo and mode in evolution

GG Simpson - 1984 - degruyter.com
THE MANUSCRIPT of this work was begun in the spring of 1938. Its composition was
therefore not hasty, but the final revision was made under conditions of stress, and not all …

Arabidopsis, the Rosetta Stone of Flowering Time?

GG Simpson, C Dean - Science, 2002 - science.org
Multiple environmental and endogenous inputs regulate when plants flower. The molecular
genetic dissection of flowering time control in Arabidopsis has identified an integrated …

The species concept

GG Simpson - Evolution, 1951 - JSTOR
The species concept is focal in evolutionary studies and, indeed, in all biological thought. Its
endless discussion is sometimes boring and seemingly fruitless, but is not wholly futile. In …

Mammals and land bridges

GG Simpson - Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 1940 - JSTOR
It was well known to the ancients that different regions of the earth were characterized by
different sorts of animal life. The Roman em perors seeking all manners of beasts for their …

[PDF][PDF] Mammals and the nature of continents

GG Simpson - American Journal of Science, 1943 - ajsonline.org
Examines the bearing of the distribution of mammalian faunas on three alternative fundamental
hypotheses as to the stability of continents. Most of the arguments supporting the drift …

The beginning of the age of mammals

GG Simpson - Biological Reviews, 1937 - Wiley Online Library
The mammals of the Paleocene, first epoch of the Tertiary, the Age of Mammals, are essential
for the elucidation of numerous zoological, biological, and geological problems. Among …

Species density of North American recent mammals

GG Simpson - Systematic zoology, 1964 - JSTOR
This the first of several planned studies involving a quantification of data on the zoogeography
of recent continental mammals in North America. This study deals with species density, …

The baldwin effect

GG Simpson - Evolution, 1953 - JSTOR
Characters individually acquired by members of a group of organisms may eventually, under
the influence of selection, be reenforced or replaced by similar hereditary characters. That …

[BOOK][B] Principles of animal taxonomy

GG Simpson - 1961 - degruyter.com
Is it not extraordinary that young taxonomists are trained like performing monkeys, almost
wholly by imitation, and that in only the rarest cases are they given any instruction in taxonomic …