Evolution and Genetics: The Modern Theory of Evolution

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Credits ix
• Contents xi
• Part I - Introduction 1
• Chapter 1 - Adaptation 3
• Suggested Reading 12
• Chapter 2 - Evolutionary Thought Before Darwin 14
• Suggested Reading 24
• Chapter 3 - Darwin and After Darwin 25
• Suggested Reading 35
• Part II - The Evidence for Evolution 37
• Chapter 4 - The Fossil Record 39
• Summary 50
• Suggested Reading 50
• Chapter 5 - The Origin of the Earth and of the Universe 51

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Credits ix
• Contents xi
• Part I - Introduction 1
• Chapter 1 - Adaptation 3
• Suggested Reading 12
• Chapter 2 - Evolutionary Thought Before Darwin 14
• Suggested Reading 24
• Chapter 3 - Darwin and After Darwin 25
• Suggested Reading 35
• Part II - The Evidence for Evolution 37
• Chapter 4 - The Fossil Record 39
• Summary 50
• Suggested Reading 50
• Chapter 5 - The Origin of the Earth and of the Universe 51
• Summary 56
• Suggested Reading 56
• Chapter 6 - The Origin of LIfe 57
• Summary 67
• Suggested Reading 67
• Chapter 7 - Geographical Distribution 68
• Summary 77
• Suggested Reading 77
• Chapter 8 - Systematics 79
• Summary 86
• Suggested Reading 86
• Chapter 9 - Comparative Embryology 87
• Summary 93
• Suggested Reading 94
• Chapter 10 - Comparative Anatomy 95
• Summary 102
• Suggested Reading 102
• Chapter 11 - Comparative Biochemistry 103
• Summary 111
• Suggested Reading 112
• Chapter 12 - Biochemical Adaptation 113
• Summary 122
• Suggested Reading 122
• Chapter 13 - Evolution in Animals 123
• Summary 143
• Suggested Reading 143
• Chapter 14 - Evolution in Plants 144
• Summary 154
• Suggested Reading 154
• Chapter 15 - Genetic Evidence 155
• Summary 162
• Suggested Reading 162
• Part III - The Mechanism of Evolution 163
• Chapter 16 - Mendel's Laws 166
• Summary 175
• Suggested Reading 176
• Chapter 17 - Variation Due to Recombination 177
• Summary 184
• Suggested Reading 184
• Chapter 18 - The Physic Basis of Evolution 185
• Summary 193
• Suggested Reading 194
• Chapter 19 - Linkage 195
• Summary 198
• Suggested Reading 198
• Summary 206
• Suggested Reading 206
• Chapter 21 - Mutation 207
• Summary 214
• Suggested Reading 215
• Chapter 22 - Quantitative Inheritance 216
• Summary 223
• Suggested Reading 224
• Chapter 23 - Variation in Natural Populations 225
• Summary 232
• Suggested Reading 233
• Chapter 24 - Genetics of Populations 234
• Summary 238
• Suggested Reading 238
• Chapter 25 - Natural Selection 239
• Summary 248
• Suggested Reading 248
• Chapter 26 - Polymorphism 249
• Summary 260
• Suggested Reading 261
• Chapter 27 - Genetic Drift 262
• Summary 267
• Suggested Reading 267
• Chapter 28 - The Origin of Subspecies 268
• Summary 275
• Suggested Reading 276
• Chapter 29 - Hybridization and Evolution 277
• Summary 284
• Suggested Reading 285
• Chapter 30 - Isolating Mechanisms 286
• Summary 289
• Suggested Reading 290
• Chapter 31 - The Origin of Species 291
• Summary 300
• Suggested Reading 300
• Chapter 32 - Evolution of Genetic Systems 301
• Summary 318
• Suggested Reading 319
• Part IV - Evolution and Man 321
• Chapter 33 - Human Evolution 323
• Suggested Reading 348
• Chapter 34 - Radiation, Genetics, and Man 350
• Suggested Reading 359
• Chapter 35 - Man as a Dominant Species 360
• Suggested Reading 372
• Chapter 36 - Man's Future 373
• Suggested Reading 378
• Appendix A - Chapter XVII --Galapagos Archipelago 381
• Appendix B An Essay on the Principle of Population, Book I 389
• Glossary 399
• Index 409