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Evolutionary biology

Title: Evolutionary biology / Douglas J. Futuyma.
Author: Futuyma, Douglas J., 1942-
Publication: Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, ©1986.

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Description

xii, 600 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Subject

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 557-589.

Contents

1. The origin and impact of evolutionary thought -- 2. The ecological context of evolutionary change -- 3. Heredity: fidelity and mutability -- 4. Variation -- 5. Population structure and genetic drift -- 6. Effects of natural selection on gene frequencies -- 7. Selection on polygenic characters -- 8. Speciation -- 9. Adaption -- 10. Determining the history of evolution -- 11. The fossil record -- 12. The history of biological diversity -- 13. Biogeography -- 14. The origin of evolutionary novelties -- 15. Evolution at the molecular level -- 16. The evolution of interactions among species -- 17. Human evolution and social issues.

ISBN

0878931880
9780878931880
087893183X
9780878931835

LCCN

86015531

OCLC

ocm13822044
13822044
SCSB-1160895

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Princeton University Library