Evolutionary Analysis: Pearson New International Edition - Scott Freeman, Jon C. Herron

Evolutionary Analysis: Pearson New International Edition

Buch | Softcover
856 Seiten
2013 | 4th edition
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-1-292-02332-8 (ISBN)
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For undergraduate courses in Evolution.



By presenting evolutionary biology as an ongoing research effort, this best-selling text aims to help students think like scientists. The authors convey the excitement and logic of evolutionary science by introducing principles through recent and classical studies, and by emphasizing real-world applications.

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

Verlagsort Harlow
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 275 mm
Gewicht 1736 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
ISBN-10 1-292-02332-5 / 1292023325
ISBN-13 978-1-292-02332-8 / 9781292023328
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