Herro, Jon C.

Evolutionary analysis / Scott Freeman, Jon C. Herron. - Fifth edition - 364 páginas : ilustraciones ; 27 cm

Introduction -- A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV -- The Evidence for Evolution -- Darwinian Natural Selection -- Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees -- Mechanisms Of Evolutionary Change -- Mutation and Genetic Variation -- Mendelian --Genetics in Populations -- Selection and Mutation as Mechanisms of Evolution
-- Mendelian Genetics in Populations -- Migration, Genetic Drift, and Nonrandom Mating
-- Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and Sex -- Evolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics – Adaptation -- Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function -- Sexual Selection -- Kin Selection and Social Behavior -- Aging and Other Life History Characters -- Evolution and Human Health -- Phylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of Adaptation -- The History Of Life -- Mechanisms of Speciation -- The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution -- The Cambrian Explosion and Beyond -- Development and Evolution -- Human Evolution


By presenting evolutionary biology as a dynamic, ongoing research effort and organizing discussions around questions, this best-selling text helps you think like a scientist as you learn about evolution. The authors convey the excitement and logic of evolutionary science by introducing principles through recent and classical studies, and by emphasizing real-world applications.

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