Evolution

Stephen C. Stearns, Rolf Hoekstra (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

600 Seiten

2005 | 2nd Revised edition
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-925563-4 (ISBN)

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Evolution has become an established science that illuminates and informs our understanding of many central biological issues. Focusing on key principles, this book offers a treatment of evolution. With color presentation and enhanced pedagogical features, it is meant as a text for any student wishing to gain a sound understanding of the subject.

Since Charles Darwin's masterpiece 'The origin of Species by natural selection' was published in 1859, evolution has become an established science that illuminates and informs our understanding of many central biological issues from animal development to animal behaviour. Evolution 2/e stands alone amongst the major textbooks by focusing on key principles to offer a truly accessible, unintimidating treatment of this fascinating subject
Part One introduces the basic mechanisms of microevolution: selection, inheritance, and development. Part Two considers how natural selection has designed organisms for reproductive success. Part Three explores macroevolutionary processes such as speciation and extinction and the techniques which are used to study these. Part Four examines key events in evolution throughout the geological record. Finally, Part Five discusses two subjects, coevolution and evolutionary medicine, which integrate
and contrast micro- and macroevolution. The book closes with a chapter that recapitulates major issues, discusses unsolved problems, and looks ahead to future developments in this dynamic field.
Recent advances in molecular biology and genetics have fuelled a renewed interest in evolutionary biology, and have given us new tools with which to explore the field, revolutionising our understanding of how evolutionary processes impact upon many aspects of biology. A rigorous yet engaging text, Evolution 2/e is perfect for any student wishing to gain a sound understanding of the subject.

Online Resource Centre:

- Figures available to download, to facilitate lecture preparation,
- Self test questions linked to each chapters in the textbook
- Key glossary terms in an interactive crossword format

Professor Stephen Stearns, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, USA Professor Rolf Hoekstra, Professor of Genetics, Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

PROLOGUE; PART I; PART II; PART III; PART IV; PART V

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.8.2005
Zusatzinfo	Numerous colour illustrations, halftones and line drawings
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 246 mm
Gewicht	1279 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
ISBN-10	0-19-925563-6 / 0199255636
ISBN-13	978-0-19-925563-4 / 9780199255634
Zustand	Neuware