Table of Contents:
  • The origin of life / J.W.S. Pringle
  • Biochemistry and evolution / E. Baldwin
  • Adaptation in micro-organisms and its relation to evolution / C.N. Hinshelwood
  • Reaction of genes of Escherichia coli to certain mutagens / M. Demerec
  • Stochastic processes and the growth of bacterial colonies / D.G. Kendall
  • The genetical structure of populations / K. Mather
  • Components of fitness / J.M. Thoday
  • Race formation and reproductive method in flowering plants / H.G. Baker
  • Evolutionary aspects of species differences in Primula / D.H. Valentine
  • Evolutionary trends in an equatorial climate / R.E. Holttum
  • The cytological evolution of the fern flora of Ceylon / I. Manton
  • Epigenetics and evolution / C.H. Waddington
  • Genetics of specific and subspecific differences in European newts / H. Spurway
  • Polymorphism and evolution / W. Hovanitz
  • The influence of isolation on variability in the butterfly Maniola jurtina L. / W.H. Dowdeswell and E.B. Ford
  • Polymorphism and population studies / P.M. Sheppard
  • Regressive evolution in cave animals / M.J. Heuts
  • Recent evolution in the genus Clethrionomys / D.M. Steven
  • Some immunological and endocrinological problems raised by the evolution of viviparity in vertebrates / P.B. Medawar
  • Locomotory habits and the evolution of the larger arthropodan groups / S.M. Manton
  • Determining factors in the evolution of the retina in vertebrates / E.N. Willmer
  • Social behaviour and primate evolution / M.R.A. Chance and A.P. Mead
  • Postscript / J.F. Danielli