Evolution

Douglas Futuyma is recognized as one of the world's leading evolutionary biologists. His research is focused on the evolution and coevolution of ecological interactions among different species, especially between plants and herbivorous insects. His work with insects and host plants began as research to account for all of the genetic variation that has occurred in evolution. He is well known as the author of a leading college textbook on biological evolution and of a trade book that addresses creationist opposition to teaching avolution. Mark Kirkpatrick is T.S. Painter Centennial Professor of Genetics at the University of Texas, Austin and heads the Kirkpatrick Lab. His work uses mathematical models and develops statistical tools to test hypotheses. Topics of focus include: chromosome evolution, speciation, sexual selection and species ranges.

Chapter 1: An Idea that Changed the World
Chapter 2: The Tree of Life
Chapter 3: Natural Selection and Adaptation
Chapter 4: Mutation and Variation
Chapter 5: The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection
Chapter 6: Genetic Drift: Evolution at Random
Chapter 7: Quantitative Traits
Chapter 8: Evolution in Space
Chapter 9: Species and Speciation
Chapter 10: The Evolution of Genes and Genomes
Chapter 11: Evolution and Development
Chapter 12: All about Sex
Chapter 13: Cooperation and Conflict
Chapter 14: Evolutionary Ecology: How to be Fit
Chapter 15: Interactions among Species
Chapter 16: Phylogeny: The Unity and Diversity of Life
Chapter 17: The History of Life
Chapter 18: The Geography of Evolution
Chapter 19: Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species Level
Chapter 20: The Evolutionary Story of Homo sapiens
Chapter 21: Evolution and Society
Chapter 22: A Statistics Primer