Arthur James Cain FRS ( – ) foi um biólogo evolutivo e ecologista britânico. Foi eleito membro da Royal Society em 1989.
Publicações selecionadas Cain A.J. 1954. Animal species and their evolution. Hutchinson, London. Cain A.J. 1968. Studies on Cepaea V. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 253, 499-517. Cain A.J. 1971. Colour and banding morphs in subfossil samples of the snail Cepaea. In Creed R. (ed) Ecological genetics and evolution. Blackwell, Oxford. Cain A.J. 1977. The efficacy of natural selection in wild populations. In The changing scene in natural sciences. Special publication #12, 111-33. Academy of Natural Sciences. Cain A.J. 1983. Ecology and ecogenetics of terrestrial molluscan populations. In Russell-Hunter W.D. (ed) The Mollusca vol 6, p597-647. Academic Press, N.Y. Cain A.J. and Currey J.D. 1963a. Area effects in Cepaea. Phil Trans Roy Soc B 246, 269-299. Cain A.J. and Currey J.D. 1963b. Area effects in Cepaea on the Larkhill Artillery Ranges, Salisbury Plain. J. Linnaean Soc London (Zoology) 45, 1-15. Cain A.J. and Currey J.D. 1968. Ecogenetics of a population of Cepaea nemoralis subject to strong area effects. Phil Trans Roy Soc B 253, 447-482. Cain A.J., King J.M.B. and Sheppard P.M. 1960. New data on the genetics of polymorphism in the snail Cepaea nemoralis. Genetics 45, 393-411. Cain A.J. and Provine W.B. 1991. Genes and ecology in history. In Berry R.J. et al. (eds) Genes in ecology: the 33rd Symposium of the British Ecological Society. Blackwell, Oxford. Cain A.J. and Sheppard P.M. 1950. Selection in the polymorphic land snail Cepaea nemoralis (L.). Heredity 4, 275-94. Cain A.J. and Sheppard P.M. 1954. Natural selection in Cepaea. Genetics 39, 89-116. Cain A.J., Sheppard P.M. and King J.M.B. 1968. Studies on Cepaea I. The genetics of some morphs and varieties of Cepaea nemoralis (L.). Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 253, 383-396. Clarke B.C. 1979. The evolution of genetic diversity. Proc Roy Soc B. 205, 453-474. [a general review] Currey J.D. and Cain A.J. 1968. Climate and selection of banding morphs in Cepaea from the climate optimum to the present day. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 253, 483-98.
Ligações externas Arthur J. Cain Papers 1945-1988 (15.75 linear feet)
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