UID:
almahu_9949385577802882
Format:
1 online resource (xx, 506 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780429346217
,
0429346212
,
9781000483246
,
100048324X
,
9781000483215
,
1000483215
Content:
Evolution is the single unifying principle of biology and core to everything in the life sciences. More than a century of work by scientists from across the biological spectrum has produced a detailed history of life across the phyla and explained the mechanisms by which new species form. This textbook is unique in describing both this history and the mechanisms of speciation at a level providing students the tools needed to read the research literature on evolution. Students will therefore learn about cladistics, molecular phylogenies, the molecular-genetical basis of evolutionary change including the important role of protein networks, symbionts and holobionts, together with the core principles of developmental biology. The book also includes introductory appendices that provide background knowledge on, for example, the diversity of life today, fossils, the geology of Earth and the history of evolutionary thought. Key Features Summarizes the origins of life and the evolution of the eukaryotic cell and of Urbilateria, the last common ancestor of invertebrates and vertebrates. Reviews the history of life across the phyla based on the fossil record and computational phylogenetics. Explains evo-devo and the generation of anatomical novelties. Illustrates the roles of small populations, genetic drift, mutation and selection in speciation. Documents human evolution using the fossil record and evidence of dispersal across the world leading to the emergence of modern humans.
Note:
Preface.℗ SECTION I: AN INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTION℗ 1. Approaching Evolution℗ 2. A Potted History of Evolutionary℗ Science℗ 3. The Ancient World℗ 4. Life Today: Species Diversity and℗ Classification℗ SECTION II. THE EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION℗ 5.℗ Analysing Evolutionary Change℗ 6. The Anatomical Evidence for Evolutionary Change℗ 7. The Genomic Evidence℗ 8. The Evo-Devo Evidence℗ ℗ SECTION III: THE HISTORY OF LIFE℗ 9. The First Two Billion Years℗ 10. The Roots of the Eukaryotic Tree of Life℗ 11. The Evolution of Algae and Plants℗ 12. The Evolution of Multicellular Organisms in the Ediacaran period℗ 13. The Cambrian Explosion and the Evolution of Protostomes℗ 14. Deuterostome Evolution: From the Beginnings to the Amphibians℗ 15. Vertebrate Evolution: Stem Mammals, Reptiles and Birds℗ 16. Vertebrate Evolution: Mammals℗ ℗ SECTION IV: MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION℗ 17. Variation 1: Mutations and Phenotypes℗ 18. Variation 2: Evolutionary Change℗ 19. Adaptation, Symbionts and Holobionts℗ 20. Selection℗ 21. Evolutionary Population Genetics℗ 22. Speciation℗ SECTION V: HUMAN EVOLUTION℗ 23. Human Evolution 1: The Fossil Evidence℗ 24. Human Evolution 2: Genes and Migrations℗ 25. Human Evolution 3: The Origins of Modern Humans℗ 26. Conclusions℗ Appendix 1. Systems Biology℗ Appendix 2. A History of Evolutionary Thought℗ Appendix 3. A Brief History of the World℗ Appendix 4. Rocks, Dates and Fossils℗ Appendix 5: Constructing Molecular Phylogenies℗ Appendix 6: Three Key Model Organisms: Mouse, ℗ Drosophila℗ and℗ H. sapiens℗ Appendix 7: Some Principles of Animal Developmental Biology℗ Appendix 8: Evolution Versus Creationism℗ Glossary.℗ Acknowledgements.℗ Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9781032138480
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1201/9780429346217
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429346217
