Evolution : making sense of life / Carl Zimmer, Douglas J. Emlen.
By: Zimmer, Carl.
Contributor(s): Emlen, Douglas John.
Material type: BookEdition: 2nd ed.Description: xxxvi, 707 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9781936221554; 1936221551.Subject(s): Evolution (Biology)Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Item holds |
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General Circulation Books | Staff Office | QH366.2 .Z52 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | S.O-SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Whale and the Virus: How Scientists Study Evolution -- 2. From Natural Philosophy to Darwin: A Brief History of Evolutionary Ideas -- 3. What the Rocks Say: How Geology and Paleontology Reveal the History of Life -- 4. The Tree of Life: How Biologists Use Phylogeny to Reconstruct the Deep Past -- 5. Raw Material: Heritable Variation among Individuals -- 6. The Ways of Change: Drift and Selection -- 7. Beyond Alleles: Quantitative Genetics and the Evolution of Phenotypes -- 8. Natural Selection: Empirical Studies in the Wild -- 9. The History in Our Genes -- 10. Adaptation: From Genes to Traits -- 11. Sex: Causes and Consequences -- 12. After Conception: The Evolution of Life History and Parental Care -- 13. The Origin of Species -- 14. Macroevolution: The Long Run -- 15. Intimate Partnership: How Species Adapt to Each Other -- 16. Brains and Behavior -- 17. Human Evolution: A New Kind of Ape -- 18. Evolutionary Medicine.
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