Evolutionary Patterns: Growth, Form, and Tempo in the Fossil Record - Couverture rigide

 
9780226389301: Evolutionary Patterns: Growth, Form, and Tempo in the Fossil Record
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ISBN 10 : 0226389308 ISBN 13 : 9780226389301
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2001

Synopsis

With advances in molecular and evolutionary biology, one could almost wonder why we need the fossil record. Molecular sequence data can resolve taxanomic relationships, experiments with fruit flies demonstrate evolution and development in real time, and field studies of Galapagos finches have provided the strongest evidence for natural selection ever measured in the wild. What, then, can fossils teach us that living organisms cannot? This text demonstrates the rich variety of clues to evolution that can be gleaned from the fossil record. Contributors explore modes of development, the tempo of speciation and extinction, and macroevolutionary patterns and trends.

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À propos des auteurs

Jeremy B. C. Jackson is director of the Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the William and Mary B. Ritter Professor of Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Scott Lidgard is an associate curator of fossil invertebrates in the Department of Geology at the Field Museum, lecturer in the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago, and adjunct associate professor of biology at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Frank K. McKinney is a professor emeritus in the Department of Geology at Appalachian State University and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Palaeontology at The Natural History Museum, London.

Scott Lidgard is the MacArthur Associate Curator of Fossil Invertebrates in the Integrative Research Center at the Field Museum, Chicago, and a lecturer in the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago. He lives in Skokie, IL.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226389308
ISBN 13 
9780226389301
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
344
Éditeur
Jackson Jeremy B. C., Lidgard Scott, McKinney Frank K.
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0226389316 ISBN 13 :  9780226389318
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2001
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