Understanding evolution
By: E. Peter Volpe, Peter A. Rosenbaum.
Contributors: Rosenbaum, Peter Andrew, 1952-
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Evolution (Biology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: Variation in populations; title: Darwinian scheme of evolution; title: Heritable variation; title: Mutation; title: Genetic equilibrium; title: Concept of selection; title: Selection in action; title: Balanced polymorphism; title: Genetic drift and gene flow; title: Races and species; title: Cataclysmic evolution; title: Adaptive radiation; title: Major adaptive radiations; title: Origin of life; title: Molecular evolution; title: History of life; title: Emergence of the human species; title: Deciphering the human genome; title: Microevolution, macroevolution, and punctuated equilibria; title: Natural selection and social behavior; title: Cultural evolution.