Evolution

by Bergstrom, Carl T.

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Title Statements

Full title :Evolution / Carl T. Bergstrom, Lee Alan Dugatkin.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Norton
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 volume (various pagings) : : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780393925920, 0393925927, 9780393913415, 0393913414, 9780393913491, 039391349X
oclc:ocn795170822
LC Classification:QH366.2
Dewey Decimal:576.8

Part I: Foundations of evolutionary biology. An overview of evolutionary biology -- Early evolutionary ideas and Darwin's insight -- Natural selection -- Phylogeny and evolutionary history -- Inferring phylogeny

Part II: Evolutionary genetics. Transmission genetics and the sources of genetic variation -- The genetics of populations -- Evolution in finite populations -- Evolution at multiple loci -- Genome evolution

Part III: The history of life. The origin and evolution of early life -- Major transitions -- Evolution and development -- Species and specication -- Extinction and evolutionary trends

Part IV: Evolutionary interactions. The evolution of sex -- Sexual selection -- The evolution of sociality -- Coevolution -- Evolution and medicine.