Bringing together the viewpoints of leading experts in taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of different taxa, this book synthesises discussion surrounding the so-called 'everything is everywhere' hypothesis. It promotes a complete understanding of the spatial patterns and general…
In this book, George McGhee describes the ubiquity of the phenomenon of convergent evolution and connects it directly to the concept of evolutionary constraint--the idea that the number of evolutionary pathways available to life are not endless, but quite limited. Convergent ev…
Charles Darwin famously concluded On the Origin of Species with a vision of "endless forms most beautiful" continually evolving. More than 150 years later may evolutionary biologists see not endless forms but the same, or very similar, forms evolving repeatedly in many independe…
An analysis of convergent evolution, from molecules to ecosystems, demonstrating the limited number of evolutionary pathways available to life.
Neil Shubin, a leading paleontologist and professor of anatomy who discovered Tiktaalik--the "missing link" that made headlines around the world in April 2006--tells the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back millions of years, long before the first crea…
Neil Shubin, a leading paleontologist and professor of anatomy who discovered Tiktaalik--the "missing link" that made headlines around the world in April 2006--tells the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back millions of years, long before the first crea…
"Cette version électronique de « La Reconstruction phylogénétique. Concepts et Méthodes » reste, sur le fond, la copie du livre paru en 1993. Il ne s'agit pas d'une nouvelle édition mise à jour. Seules quelques coquilles ont été corrigées. Il est donc de notre devoir d'avertir l…
First Published in 1986.
