Evolution offers expertise in evolutionary genetics and genomics, the
fastest-developing area of evolutionary biology. The text emphasizes the interplay between
theory and empirical tests of hypotheses, thus acquainting readers with the process of science.
It addresses major themes — including the history of evolution, human evolution,
evolutionary processes, adaptation, and evolution as an explanatory framework. In addition, it
examines levels of biological organization ranging from genomes to ecological communities.
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Neil Ingram, Sylvia Hixson Andrews, and Jane Still
Evolution provides an introduction to evolution. It traces the history of the emergence of life, by contextualizing the development of evolutionary thought and discussing the implications of evolutionary processes on modern-day genomics, biochemistry, and ecology. The text explores topics that are familiar and also introduces new ideas. Chapters include an introduction to evolution, the birth and death of species, and an examination of the evidence. The latter half of the book looks at the evolution of a theory, human evolution, and the human story so far.
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Graham Bell
The Evolution of Life provides an introduction to the central issue of evolutionary biology—adaptation through natural selection—in six sections. The first section looks at the basics, covering the evidence and engine of evolution. The second part looks at the history of evolution, examining the tree of life, the diversity of life, and ancestry of life. The next section focuses on the origins of variation, species, and innovation. Then the text moves on to adaptation and includes an evaluation of the dynamic genome. Section 5 focuses on selection and covers artificial selection, experimental evolution, and selection in natural populations. The final section considers sexual selection, cooperation and conflict, and symbiosis and struggle.
