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Encyclopedia of evolution / Mark Pagel, editor in chief.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution (Biology)--Encyclopedias.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Biological Evolution.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biological Evolution.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 volumes (xxi, E-92, 1205 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Evolution
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The encyclopedia contains more than 370 articles that will provide a detailed and synthetic overview of theory and research in evolutionary biology and will chart the intellectual history of the field.
- Contents:
- Overview essays : states of evolution. Introduction / Mark Pagel
- History of evolutionary thought / David L. Hull
- The major transitions in evolution / John Maynard Smith
- Macroevolution / Stephen Jay Gould
- Culture in chimpanzees / Jane Goodall and Elizabeth Vinson Lonsdorf
- Human genetic and linguistic diversity / L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza
- Motherhood / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
- Darwinian medicine / Stephen C. Stearns
- Genomics and the dawn of proteomics / M.J. Bishop
- The new replicators / Daniel Dennett
- Alphabetical entries.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195187601
- 0195187601
- OCLC:
- 316064817
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