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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Janice Moore; Randy Moore |
| ISBN: | 0313332924 9780313332920 |
| OCLC Number: | 70176860 |
| Description: | xiv, 219 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Series foreword -- Preface -- 1. The history of evolutionary thought -- Early ideas about life's diversity -- Naming life -- Lamarck proposes the first testable theory of evolution -- Charles Darwin -- Darwin sets sail aboard the Beagle and sees the world -- Darwin's life back in England -- Down House -- Wallace provokes Darwin to announce his idea -- The theory of evolution after Darwin -- Darwin's bold prediction -- Summary -- 2. Evidence for evolution -- The evidence for evolution -- The age of the Earth -- Determining the ages of fossils and rocks -- Fossils -- Extinctions -- Artificial selection -- Embryology -- Biogeography -- Comparative anatomy -- Vestigial structures -- Molecular biology -- We can watch evolution happen -- Evolution, life, and death : the evolution of drug resistance -- Can evolution be stopped? -- Contradictory evidence? -- Evolution in the courtroom -- Summary -- 3. How evolution works -- Genes link generations -- Pesticide resistance -- DNA and chromosomes -- The frequencies of genes can change -- What causes genetic variation? -- Mutation can cause genetic variation -- Gene flow can cause genetic variation -- Genetic mixing can cause genetic variation -- Evolution is change in gene frequency - how do gene frequencies change? -- Natural selection produces adaptive change in gene frequencies -- Sexual reproduction increases genetic variation -- The Red Queen and sexual reproduction -- Mate choice can be adaptive -- Selection for one extreme, both extremes, or the middle -- Nice guys don't have to finish last -- Mutalism -- Summary -- 4. The scale and products of evolution -- Microevolution occurs within populations -- Macroevolution produces species diversity -- What is a species? -- How do species form? -- Species form by geographic isolation, a disturbance in gene flow -- Species form when shifts in resources disturb gene flow -- Species form when mate choice restricts gene flow -- Species form when genetic changes disturb gene flow -- The common theme of speciation is reproductive isolation -- A phylogeny traces the history of speciation -- Shared traits reveals shared ancestry -- Three types (branches) of living organisms -- Where did life come from? -- The evolution of multicellular organisms -- Adaptive radiation fuels biodiversity -- Poisonous oceans, death stars, and mass extinction -- Summary -- 5. Evolution and our daily lives -- Darwin's predictions continue to ring true -- Social Darwinism -- Eugenics -- The evolution of pathogens -- Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- Human evolution -- Summary -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 : The geological timescale -- Appendix 2 : Legal decisions involving the teaching of evolution and creationism in public schools -- Appendix 3 : A timeline for evolutionary thought -- Appendix 4 : Meiosis and crossing over -- Appendix 5 : The products of evolution -- Glossary -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
| Series Title: | Science 101 |
| Responsibility: | Janice Moore and Randy Moore. |
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