Genetics, paleontology, and macroevolution / Jeffrey S. Levinton.
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- 0521803179 (hbk.)
- 576.8 23 L665
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Macroevolution: The Problem and the Field --
2. Genealogy, Systematics, and Macroevolution --
3. Genetics, Speciation, and Transspecific Evolution --
4. Development and Evolution --
5. The Constructional and Functional Aspects of Form --
6. Patterns of Morphological Change in Fossil Lineages --
7. Patterns of Diversity, Origination, and Extinction --
8. A Cambrian Explosion? --
9. Coda: Ten Theses --
Glossary of Macroevolution --
References --
Author index --
Subject index.
This expanded and updated second edition offers a comprehensive look at macroevolution and its underpinnings, with a primary emphasis on animal evolution. From a neo-Darwinian point of view, it integrates evolutionary processes at all levels to explain the diversity of animal life. It examines a wide range of topics including genetics and speciation, development and evolution, the constructional and functional aspects of form, fossil lineages, and systematics. This book also takes a hard look at the Cambrian explosion. This new edition possesses all of the comprehensiveness of the first edition, yet ushers it into the age of molecular approaches to evolution and development. It also integrated important recent contributions made to our understanding of the early evolution of animal life. Researchers and graduate students will find this insightful book a most comprehensive and up-to-date examination of macroevolution.
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