Mark Ridley (, Lecturer at Somerville College, and member of the Zo

Evolution

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Produktbeschreibung

Evolution contains extracts from 60 published scientific papers, by an impressive list of eminent scientific authors. The extracts are organized to enable the reader to sample a range of viewpoints on each topic. They are readable, and can be understood as well as enjoyed by the general reader and introductory biology students.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Readers
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 710g
• ISBN-13: 9780199267941
• ISBN-10: 0199267944
• Artikelnr.: 12528146

Autorenporträt

Mark Ridley works in the Department of Zoology, Oxford University. He has previously held positions at Cambridge University, England, and at Emory University, Atlanta, in the U.S.A.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* A. From Darwin to the Modern Synthesis
* Section Introduction
* 1.: Darwin, C. (1858) Extract from an unpublished work on species
* 2.: Darwin, C. (1858) Abstract of a letter from C. Darwin, Esq., to
Prof. Asa Gray, Boston, U.S.A.
* 3.: Maynard Smith, J. (1987) Weismann and modern biology
* 4.: Fisher, R. A. (1930) The nature of inheritance
* 5.: Wright, S. (1932) The roles of mutation, inbreeding,
crossbreeding, and selection in evolution
* 6.: Haldane, J. B. S. (1949) Disease and evolution
* B. Natural selection and random drift in populations
* Section Introduction
* 7.: Kettlewell, H. B. D. (1958) A résumé of investigations of the
evolution of melanism in the Lepidoptera
* 8.: Cook, L. M.; Dennis, R. L. H.; and G. S. Mani (1999). Melanic
morph frequency in the peppered moth in the Manchester area
* 9.: Karn, M. N. and Penrose, L. S. (1951) Birth weight and gestation
time in relation to infant survival
* 10.: Ulizzi, L. and Terrenato, L. (1992) Natural selection associated
with birth weight. VI. Towards the end of the stabilizing component
* 11.: Gibbs, H. L and Grant, P. R. (1987) Oscillating selection on
Darwin's finches
* 12.: Lewontin, R. C. The paradox of variation
* 13.: Kimura, M. Recent developments of the neutral theory
* C. Adaptation
* Section introduction
* 14.: Fisher, R. A. (1930). The nature of adaptation
* 15.: Williams, G. C. (1966). Adaptation and natural selection
* 16.: Grafen, A. (1986). Adaptation versus selection in progress
* 17.: Reeve, H. K. and Sherman, P. W. (1991). An operational,
nonhistorical definition of adaptation
* 18.: Orr, H. A. and Coyne, J. The genetics of adaptation: a
reassessment
* 19.: Cain, A. J. (1964). The perfection of animals
* 20.: Gould, S. J. and Lewontin, R. C. (1979). The spandrels of San
Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist
programme
* D. Speciation and biodiversity
* Section introduction
* 22.: Mayr, E. Typological v population thinking
* 23.: Mayr, E. Species concepts and their application
* 24.: Darwin, C. (1859) The sterility of hybrids
* 25.: Dobzhansky, T. (1970). Reproductive isolation as a product of
genetic divergence and natural selection
* 26.: Rice, W. R. and Hostert, E. E. Laboratory experiments on
speciation: what have we learned in 40 years?
* 27.: Coyne, J. H. and Orr, H. A. (2000). The evolutionary genetics of
speciation
* 28.: Schluter, D. (2000) Ecological basis of postmating isolation
* 29.: Grant, V. Hybrid speciation
* E. Macroevolution
* Section introduction
* 30.: Erwin, D. H. and Anstey, R. L. (1995) Speciation in the fossil
record
* 31.: De Beer, G. R. (1971). Homology: an unsolved problem
* 32.: Dawkins, R. (1996). The ey gene
* 33.: Dickinson, W. J. (1995) Molecules and morphology: where's the
homology?
* 34.: Haeckel, E. (1905) The fundamental law of organic evolution
* 35.: Garstang, W. (1951) Three poems
* F. Evolutionary genomics
* Section introduction
* 36.: Ochman, H.; Lawrence, J. G.; and Groisman, E. A. (2000). Lateral
gene transfer and the nature of bacterial innovation
* 37.: Vision, T. J.; Brown, D. G.; and Tanksley, S. D. (2000). The
origins of genomic duplications in Arabidopsis
* 38.: Humans, M. Ridley
* 39.: Raff, R. A. (1996). Co-option of eye structures and genes
* 40.: Benner, S. A.; Caraco, M. D.; Thomson, J. M.; and Gaucher, E. A.
(2002). Planetary biology - paleontological, geological, and
molecular histories of life
* G. The history of life
* Section introduction
*
* 42.: Schopf, J. W. (1994). Disparate rates, differing fates: tempo
and mode of evolution changed from the Precambrian to the Phanerozoic
* 43.: Cooper, A. and Fortey, R. (1998). Evolutionary explosions and
the phylogenetic fuse
* 44.: Dilcher, D. (2000). Major evolutionary trends in the angiosperm
fossil record
* H. Case studies
* Section introduction
* 45.: Medawar, P. B. (1951) An unsolved problem in biology
* 46.: Crick , F. H. C. (1968). The origin of the genetic code
* 47.: Maynard Smith, J. (1971) The origin and maintenance of sex
* 48.: Janzen, D. H. (1983) A caricature of seed dispersal by animal
guts
* 49.: Nilsson, D-E. and Pelger, S. (1994). A pessimistic estimate of
the time required for an eye to evolve
* 50.: Sniegowski, P. D.; Gerrish, P. J.; Johnson, T.. and Shaver, A.
(2000). The evolution of mutation rates
* J. Human evolution.
* Section introduction
* 51.: Sarich, V. and Wilson, A. C. (1967) Immunological time scale for
hominid evolution
* 52.: King, M-C. and Wilson, A. C. (1975). Evolution at two levels in
humans and chimpanzees
* 53.: Britton, R. J. (2002). Divergence between samples of chimpanzee
and human DNA sequences is 5%, counting indels
* 54.: Muller, H. J. (1950). Our load of mutations
* 55.: Livingstone. F. B. (1962). On the non-existence of human races
* 56.: Krogman, W. M. (1951). The scars of human evolution
* 57.: Pinker, S. (1994). The big bang
* K. Evolution and human affairs
* Section introduction
* 58.: Antolin, M. F. and Herbers, J. M. (2001). Evolution's struggle
for existence in America's public schools
* 59.: Dobzhansky, T. (1973). Nothing in biology makes sense except in
the light of evolution
* 60.: Hume, D. The argument from design
* 61.: Monod, J. (1974). On the molecular theory of evolution
* 62.: Huxley, T. H. (1893). Evolution and ethics
* 63.: Palumbi, S. (2001) Humans as the world's greatest evolutionary
force
* Biographical notes
* Select bibliography
* Acknowledgements
* Index