Evolution
A Biological and Palaeontological Approach
Published on 23. February 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
1088 pages
978-0-201-54423-7 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive text introducing the mechanisms of evolution at all scales, the genetic (with brief references to molecular aspects), through other biological aspects (natural selection and adaptation; behavioural and ecological influences; specification), to the palaeontological scale (analysis of macroevolutionary patterns to identify influences), illustrating the hierarchy of processes involved.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 199 mm
Thickness: 52 mm
Weight
1929 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-201-54423-7 (9780201544237)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
I. MICROEVOLUTION 1. Introduction to Evolution 2. Adaptation 3. Heredity and Variation 4. Natural Selection 5. Reproductive Patterns 6. The Focus of Selection 7. Sexual Selection and Mating Systems 8. Evolutionary Ecology II. EVOLUTION OF SPECIES: Species, Speciation and Extinction 9.The Fossil Record of Evolution in Species III. MACROEVOLUTION: Evolutionary Relationships and History 10. Fossilization and the Record of Past Life 11. Geography and Macroevolution 12. The Evolution of Form 13. Phylogenetic Patterns IV. CASE STUDIES: Origins 14. Human Factors in Evolution