Evolution : the Origins and Mechanisms of Diversity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bard, Jonathan Balliol College, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 506 pages)

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Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : CRC Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Professor Jonathan Bard is a vertebrate developmental anatomist who has also published research papers in evolutionary, theoretical and systems biology and in bioinformatics. He worked at the MRC Human Genetics Unit and at the University of Edinburgh and is currently a graduate advisor at Balliol College Oxford.

Contents:

Preface.℗ SECTION I: AN INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTION℗ 1. Approaching Evolution℗ 2. A Potted History of Evolutionary℗ Science℗ 3. The Ancient World℗ 4. Life Today: Species Diversity and℗ Classification℗ SECTION II. THE EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION℗ 5.℗ Analysing Evolutionary Change℗ 6. The Anatomical Evidence for Evolutionary Change℗ 7. The Genomic Evidence℗ 8. The Evo-Devo Evidence℗ ℗ SECTION III: THE HISTORY OF LIFE℗ 9. The First Two Billion Years℗ 10. The Roots of the Eukaryotic Tree of Life℗ 11. The Evolution of Algae and Plants℗ 12. The Evolution of Multicellular Organisms in the Ediacaran period℗ 13. The Cambrian Explosion and the Evolution of Protostomes℗ 14. Deuterostome Evolution: From the Beginnings to the Amphibians℗ 15. Vertebrate Evolution: Stem Mammals, Reptiles and Birds℗ 16. Vertebrate Evolution: Mammals℗ ℗ SECTION IV: MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION℗ 17. Variation 1: Mutations and Phenotypes℗ 18. Variation 2: Evolutionary Change℗ 19. Adaptation, Symbionts and Holobionts℗ 20. Selection℗ 21. Evolutionary Population Genetics℗ 22. Speciation℗ SECTION V: HUMAN EVOLUTION℗ 23. Human Evolution 1: The Fossil Evidence℗ 24. Human Evolution 2: Genes and Migrations℗ 25. Human Evolution 3: The Origins of Modern Humans℗ 26. Conclusions℗ Appendix 1. Systems Biology℗ Appendix 2. A History of Evolutionary Thought℗ Appendix 3. A Brief History of the World℗ Appendix 4. Rocks, Dates and Fossils℗ Appendix 5: Constructing Molecular Phylogenies℗ Appendix 6: Three Key Model Organisms: Mouse, ℗ Drosophila℗ and℗ H. sapiens℗ Appendix 7: Some Principles of Animal Developmental Biology℗ Appendix 8: Evolution Versus Creationism℗ Glossary.℗ Acknowledgements.℗ Index.

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9780429346217

0429346212

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100048324X

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1000483215

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99989757740

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