Frank E. Zachos offers a comprehensive review of one of today’s most important and contentious issues in biology: the species problem. After setting the stage

In this comprehensive work, John S. Wilkins traces the history of the idea of "species" from antiquity to today, providing a new perspective on the relationship

This open access book offers the first comprehensive account of the pan-genome concept and its manifold implications. The realization that the genetic repertoir

This book was listed as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title in 2011. Defining Species: A Sourcebook from Antiquity to Today provides excerpts and commentary on

The literature of paleobiology is brimming with qualifiers and cautions about using species in the fossil record, or equating such species with those recognized