عنوان

Evolution /

(Number (ISBN

1605356050

(Number (ISBN

9781605356051

Title Proper

Evolution /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Douglas J. Futuyma, Stony Brook University, Mark Kirkpatrick, University of Texas at Austin.

Edition Statement

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Sunderland, Massachusetts U.S.A. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2017]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xviii, 599 pages, 98 pages in various pagings :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;

Dimensions

29 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Unit I. An idea that changed the world. Evolutionary biology -- The tree of life -- Natural selection and adaptation -- Unit II. How evolution works. Mutation and variation -- The genetical theory of natural selection -- Phenotypic evolution -- Genetic drift : evolution at random -- Evolution in space -- Species and speciation -- Unit III. Products of evolution : what natural selection has wrought. All about sex -- How to be fit -- Cooperation and conflict -- Interactions among species -- The evolution of genes and genomes -- Evolution and development -- Unit IV. Macroevolution and the history of life. Phylogeny : the unity and diversity of life -- The history of life -- The geography of evolution -- The evolution of biological diversity -- Macroevolution : evolution above the species level -- Unit V. Evolution and Homo sapiens. The evolutionary story of Homo sapiens -- Evolution and society.

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Evolution (Biology)

42.21 evolution.

Evolution (Biology)

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Futuyma, Douglas J.,1942-

Kirkpatrick, Mark,1956-

Date of Transaction

20200823045354.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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