ISBN : 9781605357409
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. It addresses major themes—including the history of evolution, evolutionary processes, adaptation, and evolution as an explanatory framework—at levels of biological organization ranging from genomes to ecological communities.
1: Evolutionary Biology
2: The Tree of Life
3: Natural Selection and Adaptation
4: Mutation and Variation
5: The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection
6: Phenotypic Evolution
7: Genetic Drift: Evolution at Random
8: Evolution in Space
9: Species and Speciation
10: All About Sex
11: How to Be Fit
12: Cooperation and Conflict
13: Interactions among Species
14: The Evolution of Genes and Genomes
15: Evolution and Development
16: Phylogeny: The Unity and Diversity of Life
17: The History of Life
18: The Geography of Evolution
19: The Evolution of Biological Diversity
20: Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species Level
21: The Evolutionary Story of Homo sapiens
22: Evolution and Society