Stebbins wrote several books during his time at UC Davis. These included his follow-up to "Variation and Evolution", "", which was published in 1974, following his delivery of the Prather Lectures at Harvard. Stebbins discusses the origins, genetics and developmental biology of the angiosperms. He argues for the role of adaptive radiation in the diversification of the angiosperms and the usefulness of applying our current understanding of species' genetics and ecology to gain knowledge about the evolution of ancient species. He also wrote "Processes of Organic Evolution", "The Basis of Progressive Evolution", "Chromosomal Evolution in Plants" and the textbook "Evolution" with co-authors Dobzhansky, Francisco Ayala and James W. Valentine. His last book, "Darwin to DNA, Molecules to Humanity" was published in 1982.