Evolution for dummies

INDICE: Introduction. Part I: What Evolution Is. Chapter 1: What Evolution Is and Why You Need to Know. Chapter 2: The Science Past and Present of Evolution. Chapter 3: Getting into Your Genes: (Very) Basic Genetics. Part II: How Evolution Works. Chapter 4: Variation: A Key Requirement for Evolution. Chapter5: Natural Selection and Adaptations in Action. Chapter 6: Random Evolution and Genetic Drift: Sometimes Its All about Chance. Chapter 7: Quantitative Genetics: When Many Genes Act at Once. Chapter 8: Species and Speciation. Chapter 9: Phylogenetics: Reconstructing the Tree of Life. Part III: What Evolution Does. Chapter 10: The Evolution of Life History. Chapter 11: Units of Selection and the Evolution of Social Behavior. Chapter 12: Evolution and Sex. Chapter 13: Co-evolution: The Evolution of Interacting Species. Chapter 14: Evo-Devo: The Evolution of Development. Chapter 15: Molecular Evolution. Part IV: Evolution and Your World. Chapter 16: Human Evolution. Chapter 17: The Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance. Chapter 18: HIV: The Origin and Evolution of a Virus. Chapter 19: Influenza: One Flu, Two Flu, Your Flu, Bird Flu. Part V: The Part ofTens. Chapter 20: Ten Fascinating Fossil Finds. Chapter 21: Ten Amazing Adaptations. Chapter 22: Ten Arguments against Evolution and Why Theyre Wrong. Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-11773-6
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 04/04/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés