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The making of the fittest : DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution
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The making of the fittest : DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution

Author: Sean B Carroll
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2006.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Sean B Carroll
ISBN: 0393061639 9780393061635 9780393330519 0393330516
OCLC Number: 69593994
Description: 301 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: Preface : Beyond any reasonable doubt -- Introduction : The bloodless fish of Bouvet Island -- The everyday math of evolution : chance, selection, and time -- Immortal genes : running in place for eons -- Making the new from the old -- Fossil genes : broken pieces of yesterday's life -- Déjà vu : how and why evolution repeats itself -- Our flesh and blood : arms races, the human race, and natural selection -- The making and evolution of complexity -- Seeing and believing -- The palm trees of Wyoming.
Responsibility: Sean B. Carroll ; with illustrations by Jamie W. Carroll and Leanne M. Olds.
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