Introduction and theoretical background; Limitations on reproductive success; Male-male competition and female choice: bases and mechanisms; Consequences of prezygotic and postzygotic choice; Avenues for exploration.
Genetics as a tool to understand structure and function; Vector technology of relevance to nitrogen fixation research; The Azolla-Anabaena symbiosis; The genetics of the Frankia-actinorhizal symbiosis; Legume nodule biochemistry and function; The Rhizobium/bradyrhizobium-legume …
Protoplast isolation and culture; Regeneration of plants; Protoplasts for studies of cell organelles; Protoplast fusion, Plant protoplasts and the cell cycle; Isolated protoplasts as laboratory tools in the study of cell wall deposition; Cytodifferentiation; The use of protoplas…
Genetic algorithm hardness. Selection and convergence. Classifier systems. Coding and representation. Framework issues. Variation and recombination.
Foundations issues revisited. Modeling genetic algorithms. Deception and the building block hypothesis. Convergence and genetic diversity. Genetic operators and their analysis. Machine learning.
Ecological genetics; Numerical changes in animal populations; Genetic drift and the founder principle; Polygenic characters evolving in isolation; Sympatric evolution; The theory of genetic polymorphism; Balanced polymorphism in panaxia dominula; Polymorphism and the effects of …