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Bergstrom, Carl T.

Evolution - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [c2023] - various pagings

PART I Foundations of Evolutionary Biology
1. An Overview of Evolutionary Biology
2. Early Evolutionary Ideas and Darwin’s Insight
3. Natural Selection
4. Phylogeny and Evolutionary History
5. Inferring Phylogeny

PART II Evolutionary Genetics
6. Transmission Genetics and the Sources of Genetic Variation
7. The Genetics of Populations
8. Evolution in Finite Populations
9. Evolution at Multiple Loci
10. Genome Evolution

PART III The History of Life
11. The Origin and Evolution of Early Life
12. Major Transitions
13. Evolution and Development
14. Species and Speciation
15. Extinction and Evolutionary Trends

PART IV Evolutionary Interactions
16. Sex and Sexual Selection
17. The Evolution of Sociality
18. Coevolution
19. Human Evolution
20. Evolution and Medicine

The most current introduction to evolutionary biology, with an emphasis on anthropogenic evolution and data literacy.
A thorough and current introduction to evolutionary biology reinforced by tools that improve learning. Every chapter has been updated to provide a more focused, accessible introduction to core topics reflecting exciting new research, anthropogenic evolution examples, and increased emphasis on building data literacy. These emphases are reinforced by InQuizitive, which was revised and expanded to include more questions that involve interpreting evolutionary data and engaging with contemporary research.---summary provided by publisher

ISBN: 9781324033714

LC Class. No.: QH366.2