Evolution - A Very Short Introduction
Borító: Ragasztott
ISBN: 9780192802514
Méret: 111 * 174
Tömeg: 138 g
Oldalszám: 160
Megjelenés éve: 2003
ISBN: 9780192802514
Méret: 111 * 174
Tömeg: 138 g
Oldalszám: 160
Megjelenés éve: 2003
-10%
3 910 Ft
3 519 Ft
Előrendelés(Bejelentkezés szükséges)
A kedvezményes árak kizárólag a webshopunkon keresztül leadott megrendelésekre érvényesek!
Evolution - A Very Short Introduction
In this Very Short Introduction Brian and Deborah Charlesworth provide a clear and concise summary of the process of evolution by natural selection, and how natural selection gives rise to adaptations and eventually, over many generations, to new species. They introduce the central concepts of the field of evolutionary biology, as they have developed since Darwin and Wallace on the subject, over 140 years ago, and discuss some of the remaining questions regarding processes. They highlight the wide range of evidence for evolution, and the importance of an evolutionary understanding for instance in combating the rapid evolution of resistance by bacteria to antibiotics and of HIV to antiviral drugs.
This reissue includes some key updates to the main text and a completely updated Further Reading section.
Table of Contents:
1: Introduction
2: The processes of evolution
3: The evidence for evolution: similarities and differences between organisms
4: The evidence for evolution: patterns in time and space
5: Adaptation and natural selection
6: The formation and divergence of species
7: Some difficult problems
8: Afterword
References
Further Reading
Index
Author Information:
Brian Charlesworth is a Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, and former President of the Society for the Study of Evolution.
Deborah Charlesworth is a Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, and former President of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Together they have written Elements of Evolutionary Genetics (Roberts & Company, 2010).
Kiadó: Oxford University Press
Sorozat: Very Short Introductions
Kategória: Természettudomány, Antropológia, Orvostudomány
Sorozat: Very Short Introductions
Kategória: Természettudomány, Antropológia, Orvostudomány