Evolutionary analysis /
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| Author / Creator: | Freeman, Scott, 1955- |
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Imprint: | Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2007. |
| Description: | xiv, 834 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6270058 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction
- 1. A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV
- 2. The Evidence for Evolution
- 3. Darwinian Natural Selection
- II. Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change
- 4. Mutation and Genetic Variation
- 5. Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation as Mechanisms of Evolution
- 6. Mendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Genetic Drift, and Nonrandom Mating
- 7. Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage, Sex, and Quantitative Genetics
- III. Adaptation
- 8. Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function
- 9. Sexual Selection
- 10. Kin Selection and Social Behavior
- 11. Aging and Other Life History Characters
- IV. History of Life
- 12. Mechanisms of Speciation
- 13. Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees
- 14. The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution
- 15. The Cambrian Explosion and Beyond
- 16. Human Evolution
- V. Current Researcha Sampler
- 17. Development and Evolution
- 18. Molecular Evolution
- 19. Evolution and Human Health
- Glossary
- Index
