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Evolutionary analysis / Scott Freeman, Jon C. Herron.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Boston : Pearson, [2015]Edition: 5. ed., global editionDescription: 864 s. ill., kart. 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781292061276
  • 1292061278
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.8 23
Contents:
I. INTRODUCTION -- 1. A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV -- 2. The Evidence for Evolution -- 3. Darwinian Natural Selection -- 4. Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees -- II. MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE -- 5. Mutation and Genetic Variation -- 6. Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation as Mechanisms of Evolution -- 7. Mendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Genetic Drift, and Nonrandom Mating -- 8. Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and Sex -- 9. Evolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics -- III. ADAPTATION -- 10. Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function -- 11. Sexual Selection -- 12. Kin Selection and Social Behavior -- 13. Aging and Other Life History Characters -- 14. Evolution and Human Health -- 15. Phylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of Adaptation -- IV. THE HISTORY OF LIFE -- 16. Mechanisms of Speciation -- 17. The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution -- 18. The Cambrian Explosion and Beyond -- 19. Development and Evolution -- 20. Human Evolution
Summary: By presenting evolutionary biology as a dynamic, ongoing research effort and organizing discussions around questions, this best-selling text helps students think like scientists as they learn about evolution. The authors convey the excitement and logic of evolutionary science by introducing principles through recent and classical studies, and by emphasizing real-world applications.
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Previous edition: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. INTRODUCTION -- 1. A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV -- 2. The Evidence for Evolution -- 3. Darwinian Natural Selection -- 4. Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees -- II. MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE -- 5. Mutation and Genetic Variation -- 6. Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation as Mechanisms of Evolution -- 7. Mendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Genetic Drift, and Nonrandom Mating -- 8. Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and Sex -- 9. Evolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics -- III. ADAPTATION -- 10. Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function -- 11. Sexual Selection -- 12. Kin Selection and Social Behavior -- 13. Aging and Other Life History Characters -- 14. Evolution and Human Health -- 15. Phylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of Adaptation -- IV. THE HISTORY OF LIFE -- 16. Mechanisms of Speciation -- 17. The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution -- 18. The Cambrian Explosion and Beyond -- 19. Development and Evolution -- 20. Human Evolution

By presenting evolutionary biology as a dynamic, ongoing research effort and organizing discussions around questions, this best-selling text helps students think like scientists as they learn about evolution. The authors convey the excitement and logic of evolutionary science by introducing principles through recent and classical studies, and by emphasizing real-world applications.

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