Presents detailed discussions on the systematic, ecological, and evolutionary implications of the pollination of terrestrial orchids of Southern Australia and the Mediterranean; variation and diversity in deep-sea echinoids; the molecular evolution of the alcohol dehydrogenase genes in Drosophila; and the population genetics of the polymorphic meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.). Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews. com) | Evolutionary Biology by Max K. Hecht, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters