Evolutionary biology
Covers the genetic, developmental, and ecological mechanisms of evolutionary change, the major features of evolutionary history as revealed by phylogenetic and paleontological studies, and material on adaptation, molecular evolution, co-evolution, and human evolution.
Print Book, English, ©1986
Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Mass., ©1986
xii, 600 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
9780878931880, 9780878931835, 0878931880, 087893183X
13822044
1. The origin and impact of evolutionary thought
2. The ecological context of evolutionary change
3. Heredity: fidelity and mutability
4. Variation
5. Population structure and genetic drift
6. Effects of natural selection on gene frequencies
7. Selection on polygenic characters
8. Speciation
9. Adaption
10. Determining the history of evolution
11. The fossil record
12. The history of biological diversity
13. Biogeography
14. The origin of evolutionary novelties
15. Evolution at the molecular level
16. The evolution of interactions among species
17. Human evolution and social issues