Evolution
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Evolution
W.W. Norton, 2016
2nd ed
- : hardcover
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
various pagings: main text: 756 p. ; appendix: 10 p. ; glossary: 9 p. ; references: 47 p. ; credits: 5 p. ; index: 27 p.
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780393601039
Description
Evolution presents foundational concepts through a contemporary framework of population genetics and phylogenetics that is enriched by current research and stunning art. In every chapter, new critical thinking questions and expanded end-of-chapter problems emphasising data interpretation reinforce the second edition's focus on helping students think like evolutionary biologists.
Table of Contents
PART I FOUNDATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
1. An Overview of Evolutionary Biology
2. Early Evolutionary Ideas and Darwin's Insight
3. Natural Selection
4. Phylogeny and Evolutionary History
5. Inferring Phylogeny
PART II EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS
6. Transmission Genetics and the Sources of Genetic Variation
7. The Genetics of Populations
8. Evolution in Finite Populations
9. Evolution at Multiple Loci
10. Genome Evolution
PART III THE HISTORY OF LIFE
11. The Origin and Evolution of Early Life
12. Major Transitions
13. Evolution and Development
14. Species and Speciation
15. Extinction and Evolutionary Trends
PART IV EVOLUTIONARY INTERACTIONS
16. Sex and Sexual Selection
17. The Evolution of Sociality
18. Coevolution
19. Human Evolution
20. Evolution and Medicine
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: hardcover ISBN 9780393937930
Description
Evolution presents foundational concepts through a contemporary framework of population genetics and phylogenetics that is enriched by current research and stunning art. In every chapter, new critical thinking questions and expanded end-of-chapter problems emphasising data interpretation reinforce the second edition’s focus on helping students think like evolutionary biologists.
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