Title: Evolutionary analysis /
Authors: Freeman, Scott, 1955-; Herron, Jon C., 1962-
Publisher: Pearson Education,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Evolution (Biology) Research.
Contents: pt. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 1. A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV -- Ch. 2. The Evidence for Evolution -- Ch. 3. Darwinian Natural Selection -- pt. 2. Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change -- Ch. 4. Mutation and Genetic Variation -- Ch. 5. Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation as Mechanisms of Evolution -- Ch. 6. Mendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Genetic Drift, and Nonrandom Mating -- Ch. 7. Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and Sex -- Ch. 8. Evolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics -- pt. 3. Adaptation -- Ch. 9. Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function -- Ch. 10. Sexual Selection -- Ch. 11. Kin Selection and Social Behavior -- Ch. 12. Aging and Other Life History Characters -- Ch. 13. Evolution and Human Health -- pt. 4. The History of Life -- Ch. 14. Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees -- Ch. 15. Mechanisms of Speciation -- Ch. 16. The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution.