Evolutionary Analysis

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Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-12-28
Publisher(s): Benjamin Cummings
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Table of Contents

Introduction
A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV
The Evidence for Evolution
Darwinian Natural Selection
Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change
Mutation and Genetic Variation
Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation as Mechanisms of Evolution
Mendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Genetic Drift, and Nonrandom Mating
Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage, Sex, and Quantitative Genetics
Adaptation
Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function
Sexual Selection
Kin Selection and Social Behavior
Aging and Other Life History Characters
History of Life
Mechanisms of Speciation
Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees
The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution
The Cambrian Explosion and Beyond
Human Evolution
Current Researcha Sampler
Development and Evolution
Molecular Evolution
Evolution and Human Health
Glossary
Index
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