Evolutionary analysis
Scott Freeman (Author), Jon C. Herron (Author)
By presenting evolutionary biology as an ongoing research effort, this textbook aims to help undergraduates think like scientists. The authors introduce principles through recent and classical studies, and emphasize real-world applications. This 4th edition features a new chapter on Phylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of Adaptation (Ch. 15)
Print Book, English, 2007
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Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2007
Textbooks
xiv, 834 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
9780132275842, 9780132397896, 0132275848, 0132397897
73502978
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