Strickberger's Evolution: The Integration of Genes, Organisms and Populations - Couverture rigide

Hall, Brian K.; Hallgrímsson, Benedikt

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0763700665 ISBN 13 : 9780763700669

Editeur : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Thoroughly updated and reorganized, Strickberger's Evolution, Fourth Edition, presents an overview of prevailing evidence and theories about evolution by discussing how the world and its organisms arose and changed over time. Remaining consistent with Strickberger's engaging writing style and awareness of the history of the study of evolution, the authors carefully unfold: (i) The evidence for evolution as a science, (ii) The enormity of time, including cosmological and geological evolution and its impact on life; (iii) The origin of life on Earth; (iv) The diversity, relationships and evolution of organisms; (v) How genes, cells, and embryonic development provide the organic framework by which evolution occurs; (vi) How populations may remain stable for long periods of time or give rise to new species; (vii) How evolution and society (including religion) impact one another. Throughout, the emphasis is on analysis of the evidence for the fact of evolution and the theories explaining evolution at all levels from molecules to populations. Table of Contents: Part I. The Historical Framework: Evolution as Science 1. Before Darwin 2. Darwin and Natural Selection 3. The Arguments and the Evidence for Evolution Part II. Origins: The Enormity of Time 4. The Origins of Cosmic Structures and Chemical Elements 5. The Origin of Earth 6. Molecules, Protocells, and Natural Selection 7. From Molecules to Life 8. Origins of Cells and the First Organisms Part III. The Organic Framework: Genes Cells and Development 9. Cell Division, Mendelian Genetics and Sex Determination 10. Chromosomes, Mutation, Gene Regulation and Variation 11. Species, Phylogeny and Classification 12. Genes and Phylogenetic Relationship 13. Genes, Development, and Evolution Part IV. The Organisms: The Diversity of Life 14. Evolution of Plants and Fungi 15. Animals and their Origins 16. Evolution Among the Invertebrates 17. Chordate and Vertebrate Origins 18. From Water to Land to Air: Amphibians and Amniotes 19. Evolution of Mammals 20. Primate Evolution and Human Origins Part V. Populations and Speciation: Changes Within and Between Species 21. Populations, Gene Frequencies, and Equilibrium 22. Changes in Gene Frequencies 23. Structure and Maintenance of Populations 24. From Populations to Species Part VI. Evolution and Society: Past, Present, and Future; Society and Religion 25. Cultural and Human-Directed Evolution 26. The Impact of Darwin's Theory on Religion

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Brian Hall, born, raised and educated in Australia, has been associated with Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia since 1968, most recently as a University Research Professor and George S. Campbell Professor of Biology, and since July 2007 as University Research Professor Emeritus. He was Killam Research Professor at Dalhousie University (1990-1995), Faculty of Science Killam Professor (1996-2001) and Canada Council for the Arts Killam Research Fellow (2003-2005).Trained as an experimental embryologist, for the past 40 years he has undertaken research into vertebrate skeletal development and evolution and played a major role in integrating evolutionary and developmental biology into the discipline now known as Evolutionary Developmental Biology (evo-devo); he wrote the first evo-devo text book , published in 1990 and a second edition in 1999 (Hall 1999a).A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Hall has earned numerous awards for his research, teaching and writing, including the 2005 Killam Prize in Natural Sciences, one of the top scientific awards in Canada.

Benedikt Hallgrímsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, and completed his studies at the University of Alberta and the University of Chicago. A biological anthropologist and evolutionary biologist, he combines developmental genetics and bioinformatics with morphometrics to address the developmental basis and evolutionary significance of phenotypic variation and variability. His work has focused on humans and other primates and comparative approaches to study the evolutionary developmental biology of variation. He is the editor-in-chief of Evolutionary Biology, a journal dedicated to the synthesis of ideas in evolutionary biology and related disciplines.Based at the University of Calgary, Dr. Hallgrímsson teaches organismal biology and anatomy. There he has received several Gold Star Teaching Awards, a Letter of Excellence Lecturer Award and the McLeod Distinguished Achievement Award. He is featured on the University of Calgary "Great Teachers" website. From the American Association of Anatomists he received the Basmajian/Williams and Wilkins Award for educational contributions in 2001.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0763700665
• ISBN 13: 9780763700669
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 762
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible