TheYearinEvolutionaryBiology2010

Thelatestvolumeof“TheYearinEvolutionaryBiology”seriesoftheAnnalsfeaturessixsyntheticreviewsandtwoperspectives.Severalofthesecontributionsaddressissuesrelatedtospeciation,rangingfromasynthesisofresearchontwocontinentsonthefascinatingadaptiveradiationofcrossbillstoanevaluationofhowdifferencesingeneexpressionaffecttheprocessofecologicalspeciation.Otherpapersfeaturedpapersinclude:ameta-analysisofpublicationsonallopatricversussympatricspeciationanevaluationofpatternsofadaptationtoclimaticvariationfocusedonphenotypicplasticityinresponsetoglobalclimatechangealookatthegeneticcontrolsofplantstressresponsesfromanevolutionaryviewpointnewperspectivesontheevolutionoflifehistoriesanevolutionaryanalysisofthecausesandconsequencesofpersistenthumandiseasesNOTE:Annalsvolumesareavailableforsaleasindividualbooksorasajournal.Forinformationoninstitutionaljournalsubscriptions,pleasevisitwww.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMYMEMBERS:PleasecontacttheNewYorkAcademyofSciencesdirectlytoplaceyourorder(www.nyas.org).MembersoftheNewYorkAcademyofSciencereceivefull-textaccesstotheAnnalsonlineanddiscountsonprintvolumes.Pleasevisithttp://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspxformoreinformationaboutbecomingamember.