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Tempo and Mode in Evolution / George Gaylord Simpson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simpson, George Gaylord, author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1984]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Studies the rate and determinants of evolution including micro, macro and mega evolution.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Foreword / Eldredce, Niles
- Preface
- Introduction: Forty Years Later
- Introduction
- Chapter I: Rates of Evolution
- Chapter II: Determinants of Evolution
- Chapter III: Micro-Evolution, Macro-Evolutiony and Mega-Evolution
- Chapter IV: Low-Rate and High-Rate Lines
- Chapter V: Inertia, Trend, and Momentum
- Chapter VI: Organism and Environment
- Chapter VII: Modes of Evolution
- Works Cited
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-231-89172-5
- OCLC:
- 1100433829
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