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Sketches of nature : a geneticist's look at the biological world during a golden era of molecular ecology / John C. Avise ; acquisition editor Kristi A. S. Gomez ; designer Matthew Limbert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Avise, John C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Molecular evolution--History.
- Molecular evolution.
- Evolutionary genetics--History.
- Evolutionary genetics.
- Nature--Genetics--History.
- Nature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Academic Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This visually appealing book recounts the history of molecular ecology and evolution as seen through the personal lens of one of its most prolific practitioners, who has studied a panorama of creatures ranging from corals, sponges, and other invertebrates to a wide variety of vertebrate animals including numerous birds, mammals, herps, and fishes.
- Contents:
- Collecting the animals
- Sunfishes (Centrarchidae)
- Live-bearing fishes (Poeciliidae)
- Other freshwater fishes
- Pipefishes and seahorses (Syngnathidae)
- Other marine fishes
- Mangrove rivulus
- Amphibians
- Marine turtles
- Freshwater turtles
- Other reptiles
- Birds
- Rodents
- Other mammals
- Invertbrates
- Intergroup comparisons and theory.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 4, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780128019603
- 0128019603
- OCLC:
- 932328876
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