tion. His first-rate and first-hand working knowledge of geology and paleontology as well as his clear perception of the weak arguments in Darwin's theory raise this book far above the level of similar endeavors of the period. Dawson attempts to salvage his faith by careful analysis ofthese arguments. He demonstrates, for example, that the fossil record does not provide support only for the Dar...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS In the last decade, genomic studies using DNA markers have strongly influenced the current phylogeny of angiosperms. Genome size and ploidy level have contributed to this discussion, being considered important characters in biosystematics, ecology and population biology. Despite the recent increase in studies related to genome size evolution and polyploidy incidence, only a ...

We derive an Itō-formula for the Dawson–Watanabe superprocess, a well-known class of measure-valued processes, extending classical with respect to two aspects. Firstly, we extend state–space underlying process ( X t ) ∈ [ 0 , T ] infinite-dimensional one — space finite measure. Secondly, formula functions F depending on entire paths = s ∧ up times . This later extension is usually called functi...