Robert Lynn Carroll

Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new undergraduate text provides an integrated view of the forces that influence the patterns and rates of vertebrate evolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 466
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 869g
• ISBN-13: 9780521478090
• ISBN-10: 052147809X
• Artikelnr.: 21226497

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Current Problems in Evolutionary Theory:
Part II. Theories of Evolution at the Level of Populations and Species:
Part III. Evolution in Modern Populations: Part IV. Limits to Knowledge of
the Fossil Record and Their Influence on Studies of Evolution: Part V.
Patterns of Evolution Among Late Cenozoic Mammals: Part VI. Patterns of
Evolution of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates in the Late Cenozoic: Part VII. The
Influence of Systems of Classification on Concepts of Evolutionary
Patterns: Part VIII. Evolutionary Constraints: Part IX. Evolutionary
Genetics: Part X. Development and Evolution: Part XI. Physical Constraints:
Part XII. Major Evolutionary Transitions: Part XIII. Patterns of Radiation:
Part XIV. Forces of Evolution: Part XV. Conclusions and Comparisons:
Glossary. References. Index.