Tempo and Mode in Evolution: Genetics and Paleontology 50 Years After Simpson - Couverture rigide

For The National Academy Of Sciences

 
9780309051910: Tempo and Mode in Evolution: Genetics and Paleontology 50 Years After Simpson
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ISBN 10 : 0309051916 ISBN 13 : 9780309051910
Editeur : National Academies Press, 1995

Synopsis

Since George Gaylord Simpson published Tempo and Mode in Evolution in 1944, discoveries in paleontology and genetics have abounded. This volume brings together the findings and insights of today's leading experts in the study of evolution, including Ayala, W. Ford Doolittle, and Stephen Jay Gould.

The volume examines early cellular evolution, explores changes in the tempo of evolution between the Precambrian and Phanerozoic periods, and reconstructs the Cambrian evolutionary burst. Long-neglected despite Darwin's interest in it, species extinction is discussed in detail.

Although the absence of data kept Simpson from exploring human evolution in his book, the current volume covers morphological and genetic changes in human populations, contradicting the popular claim that all modern humans descend from a single woman.

This book discusses the role of molecular clocks, the results of evolution in 12 populations of Escherichia coli propagated for 10,000 generations, a physical map of Drosophila chromosomes, and evidence for "hitchhiking" by mutations.

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À propos de l?auteur

Walter M. Fitch and Francisco J. Ayala, Editors, for the National Academy of Sciences

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Éditeur
National Academies Press
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0309051916
ISBN 13 
9780309051910
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
336
Éditeur
Ayala Francisco J., Fitch Walter M.
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Personne responsable
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