Evolution : components and mechanisms /

Evolution: Components and Mechanisms introduces the many recent discoveries and insights that have added to the discipline of organic evolution, and combines them with the key topics needed to gain a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of evolution. Each chapter covers an important topic or...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zeigler, David, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Academic Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Evolution (Biology)
Biological Evolution
�Evolution (Biologie)
evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Evolution
  • Natural Selection
  • Adaptation
  • Competition
  • Genetics Basics & Mutations
  • Transposable Elements, Viruses, and Genomes
  • Horizontal Gene Transfer
  • Neutral Evolution
  • Genetic Drift
  • Environment
  • Development
  • Symbiosis
  • Speciation
  • Micro- and Macroevolution
  • Homology
  • Imperfection
  • The Fossil Record and the History of Life
  • Contingency and Evolution
  • Opportunity
  • Phylogeny:The Tree of Life
  • Progress-Purpose?

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