Genetics, Paleontology, and Macroevolution - Jeffrey S. Levinton

Genetics, Paleontology, and Macroevolution

Buch | Hardcover
634 Seiten
2001 | 2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-80317-5 (ISBN)
206,95 inkl. MwSt
This expanded and updated second edition offers a comprehensive look at macroevolution. From a Neodarwinian viewpoint, it integrates evolutionary processes at all levels to explain animal diversity. It examines topics including genetics and speciation, development and evolution, the constructional and functional aspects of form, fossil lineages, systematics, and the Cambrian explosion.
An engaging area of biology for more than a century, the study of macroevolution continues to offer profound insight into our understanding of the tempo of evolution and of the evolution of biological diversity. What regulates biological diversity and its historical development? Can it be explained by natural selection alone? Has geologic history regulated the tempo of diversification? This expanded and updated second edition offers a comprehensive look at macroevolution and its underpinnings, with a primary emphasis on animal evolution. From a Neodarwinian point of view, it integrates evolutionary processes at all levels to explain the diversity of animal life. It examines a wide range of topics including genetics and speciation, development and evolution, the constructional and functional aspects of form, fossil lineages, and systematics, and it takes a hard look at the Cambrian explosion. Researchers and graduate students will find this book a most comprehensive examination of macroevolution.

Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; 1. Macroevolution: the problem and the field; 2. Genealogy, systematics, and macroevolution; 3. Genetics, speciation, and trans-specific evolution; 4. Development and evolution; 5. The constructional and functional aspects of form; 6. Patterns of morphological change in fossil lineages; 7. Patterns of diversity, origination, and extinction; 8. A Cambrian explosion?; Glossary; References; Author index; Subject index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.8.2001
Zusatzinfo 12 Tables, unspecified; 15 Halftones, unspecified; 144 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 183 x 264 mm
Gewicht 1262 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10 0-521-80317-9 / 0521803179
ISBN-13 978-0-521-80317-5 / 9780521803175
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