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Author(s): Douglas J. Futuyma, Mark Kirkpatrick
ISBN(s): 9781605356051, 1605356050
Edition: 4
File Details: PDF, 84.63 MB
Year: 2017
Language: english
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ISBN 10:  1605356050

ISBN 13: 978-1605356051

Author: Douglas J. Futuyma

Extensively rewritten and reorganized, this new edition of Evolution–featuring a new coauthor: Mark Kirkpatrick (The University of Texas at Austin)–offers additional expertise in evolutionary genetics and genomics, the fastest-developing area of evolutionary biology. Directed toward an undergraduate audience, the text emphasizes the interplay between theory and empirical tests of hypotheses, thus acquainting students with the process of science.

Table of contents: 

  1. Copyright
  2. Dedication
  3. Brief Contents
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. How to Learn Evolutionary Biology
  8. Media and Supplements

UNIT I: An Idea that Changed the World

  1. Chapter 1 – Evolutionary Biology
  2. Chapter 2 – The Tree of Life
  3. Chapter 3 – Natural Selection and Adaptation

UNIT II: How Evolution Works

  1. Chapter 4 – Mutation and Variation
  2. Chapter 5 – The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection
  3. Chapter 6 – Phenotypic Evolution
  4. Chapter 7 – Genetic Drift: Evolution at Random
  5. Chapter 8 – Evolution in Space
  6. Chapter 9 – Species and Speciation

UNIT III: Products of Evolution – What Natural Selection Has Wrought

  1. Chapter 10 – All About Sex
  2. Chapter 11 – How to Be Fit
  3. Chapter 12 – Cooperation and Conflict
  4. Chapter 13 – Interactions among Species
  5. Chapter 14 – The Evolution of Genes and Genomes
  6. Chapter 15 – Evolution and Development

UNIT IV: Macroevolution and the History of Life

  1. Chapter 16 – Phylogeny: The Unity and Diversity of Life
  2. Chapter 17 – The History of Life
  3. Chapter 18 – The Geography of Evolution
  4. Chapter 19 – The Evolution of Biological Diversity
  5. Chapter 20 – Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species Level

UNIT V: Evolution and Homo sapiens

  1. Chapter 21 – The Evolutionary Story of Homo sapiens
  2. Chapter 22 – Evolution and Society

Back Matter

  1. Appendix: A Statistics Primer
  2. Glossary
  3. Literature Cited
  4. Illustration and Photo Credits
  5. Index
  6. Back Endpapers

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