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Evolutionary biology / Douglas J. Futuyma.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 3rd edDescription: xviii, 763, [49] pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0878931899
  • 9780878931897
  • 9780878931859
  • 0878931856
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.8 23
LOC classification:
  • QH366.2 .F87 1998
NLM classification:
  • QH 366.2
Contents:
Preface -- To the Student -- pt. I. Background to the Study of Evolution -- Ch. 1. Evolutionary Biology -- Ch. 2. A Short History of Evolutionary Biology -- Ch. 3. Genetics and Development -- Ch. 4. Ecology: The Environmental Context of Evolutionary Change -- pt. II. Patterns and History -- Ch. 5. The Tree of Life: Classification and Phylogeny -- Ch. 6. Evolving Lineages in the Fossil Record -- Ch. 7. A History of Life on Earth -- Ch. 8. The Geography of Evolution -- pt. III. Evolutionary Processes in Populations and Species -- Ch. 9. Variation -- Ch. 10. The Origin of Genetic Variation -- Ch. 11. Population Structure and Genetic Drift -- Ch. 12. Natural Selection and Adaptation -- Ch. 13. The Theory of Natural Selection -- Ch. 14. Multiple Genes and Quantitative Traits -- Ch. 15. Species -- Ch. 16. Speciation -- pt. IV. Character Evolution -- Ch. 17. Form and Function -- Ch. 18. The Evolution of Interactions among Species -- Ch. 19. The Evolution of Life Histories -- Ch. 20. The Evolution of Behavior -- Ch. 21. The Evolution of Genetic Systems -- Ch. 22. Molecular Evolution -- pt. V. Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species Level -- Ch. 23. Development of Evolution -- Ch. 24. Pattern and Process in Macroevolution -- Ch. 25. The Evolution of Biological Diversity -- Ch. 26. Human Evolution and Variation -- Epilogue: Evolutionary Biology in the Future -- App. I. Elementary Statistics -- App. II. Contending with Creationism -- Glossary -- Literature Cited -- Index.
Summary: This edition has increased its scope while emphasizing the new intellectual and molecular perspectives that have transformed evolutionary studies in the last decade.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 772-811) and index.

Preface -- To the Student -- pt. I. Background to the Study of Evolution -- Ch. 1. Evolutionary Biology -- Ch. 2. A Short History of Evolutionary Biology -- Ch. 3. Genetics and Development -- Ch. 4. Ecology: The Environmental Context of Evolutionary Change -- pt. II. Patterns and History -- Ch. 5. The Tree of Life: Classification and Phylogeny -- Ch. 6. Evolving Lineages in the Fossil Record -- Ch. 7. A History of Life on Earth -- Ch. 8. The Geography of Evolution -- pt. III. Evolutionary Processes in Populations and Species -- Ch. 9. Variation -- Ch. 10. The Origin of Genetic Variation -- Ch. 11. Population Structure and Genetic Drift -- Ch. 12. Natural Selection and Adaptation -- Ch. 13. The Theory of Natural Selection -- Ch. 14. Multiple Genes and Quantitative Traits -- Ch. 15. Species -- Ch. 16. Speciation -- pt. IV. Character Evolution -- Ch. 17. Form and Function -- Ch. 18. The Evolution of Interactions among Species -- Ch. 19. The Evolution of Life Histories -- Ch. 20. The Evolution of Behavior -- Ch. 21. The Evolution of Genetic Systems -- Ch. 22. Molecular Evolution -- pt. V. Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species Level -- Ch. 23. Development of Evolution -- Ch. 24. Pattern and Process in Macroevolution -- Ch. 25. The Evolution of Biological Diversity -- Ch. 26. Human Evolution and Variation -- Epilogue: Evolutionary Biology in the Future -- App. I. Elementary Statistics -- App. II. Contending with Creationism -- Glossary -- Literature Cited -- Index.

This edition has increased its scope while emphasizing the new intellectual and molecular perspectives that have transformed evolutionary studies in the last decade.

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