TEMPO AND MODE IN EVOLUTION: GENETICS AND PALEONTOLOGY 50 YEARS AFTER SIMPSON
Fitch, Walter M. and Ayala, Francisco J. [Editors]
ISBN 10: 0309051916 ISBN 13: 9780309051910
Verlag: National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1995
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Octavo, vi, viii, 325 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's black and blue cloth bearing white lettering to the spine. Boards have very slight wear including minor edge wear and mild tilt to the spine. Text block has light wear. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. 1414256. FP New Rockville Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1414256
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Since George Gaylord Simpson published Tempo and Mode in Evolution in 1944, discoveries in paleontology and genetics have abounded. This volume brings together the findings and insights of today's leading experts in the study of evolution, including Ayala, W. Ford Doolittle, and Stephen Jay Gould.
The volume examines early cellular evolution, explores changes in the tempo of evolution between the Precambrian and Phanerozoic periods, and reconstructs the Cambrian evolutionary burst. Long-neglected despite Darwin's interest in it, species extinction is discussed in detail.
Although the absence of data kept Simpson from exploring human evolution in his book, the current volume covers morphological and genetic changes in human populations, contradicting the popular claim that all modern humans descend from a single woman.
This book discusses the role of molecular clocks, the results of evolution in 12 populations of Escherichia coli propagated for 10,000 generations, a physical map of Drosophila chromosomes, and evidence for "hitchhiking" by mutations.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Walter M. Fitch and Francisco J. Ayala, Editors, for the National Academy of Sciences
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Titel: TEMPO AND MODE IN EVOLUTION: GENETICS AND ...
Verlag: National Academy Press, Washington DC
Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
Einband: Hardcover