- Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 220 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Darwinian detectives (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Darwinian detectives (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-211) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- The baby with the baboon heart: why evolution still matters -- Why intelligent design is not science -- Negative selection and the neutral theory of molecular evolution -- Detecting positive selection -- Balancing selection and disease -- Finding our roots: did "Eve" know "Adam"? -- Who were the neanderthals? -- Are we the third chimpanzee? -- What are the genetic differences that made us human? -- Clicks, genes, and languages -- Who let the dogs in? the domestication of animals and plants -- Size matters: toward understanding the natural history of genomes.
- LCCN
- 2006023079
- OCLC
- ssj0000086171
- Author
Johnson, Norman A., 1966-
- Title
Darwinian detectives [electronic resource] : revealing the natural history of genes and genomes / Norman A. Johnson.
- Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-211) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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