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Evolution
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 13.99This remarkable book presents a rich and up?to?date view of evolution that explores the far?reaching implications of Darwin's theory and emphasizes the power, significance, and relevance of evolution to our lives today. After all, we ourselves are the product of evolution, and we can tackle many of our gravest challenges ?? from lethal resurgence... more...
Darwin's Spectre
Princeton University Press 2000; US$ 28.95Extending the human life-span past 120 years. The "green" revolution. Evolution and human psychology. These subjects make today's newspaper headlines. Yet much of the science underlying these topics stems from a book published nearly 140 years ago--Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species . Far from an antique idea restricted to the nineteenth century,... more...
The Evolutionary Biology of Colonizing Species
Cambridge University Press 1983; US$ 36.00Professor Parsons uses the colonizing species as a case study in the dynamics of microevolution at work in living systems. more...
The Rough Guide to Evolution
Rough Guides 2009; US$ 16.99Have you ever wondered what Charles Darwin would have had on his iPod? Or exactly how Cartman from South Park fits into the Theory of Evolution? The Rough Guide to Evolution delves into all of this and more, from the life and works of the eminent scientist to the impact of evolutionary thinking on modern times. Read about the evolutionary history of... more...
Herpetological Osteopathology
Springer 2012; US$ 169.99As scientific analysis of testable hypotheses has replaced the speculative approach to study of bone disease in recent and fossil amphibians and reptiles, the field has advanced from simply reporting observations to analyzing their implications. This process is predicated upon a reproducible data base which explains/diagnoses the nature of bony alterations... more...
Acquiring Genomes
Basic Books 2008; US$ 16.95From one of the great iconoclasts of modern biology, Lynn Margulis, a groundbreaking new theory of the origins of species more...
The Adaptive Landscape in Evolutionary Biology
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 69.99The 'Adaptive Landscape' has been a central concept in population genetics and evolutionary biology since this powerful metaphor was first formulated by Sewall Wright in 1932. Eighty years later, it has become a central framework in evolutionary quantitative genetics, selection studies in natural populations, and in studies of ecological speciation... more...
Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genetic Systems
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 74.99Ever since the pioneering work of Darwin and Wallace, evolutionary biologists have attempted to understand the evolutionary dynamics of genetic systems. A range of theories on evolutionary ratesfrom static to gradual to punctuated to quantumhave been developed, primarily by comparing morphological changes over geological timescales as described in... more...
Organelles, Genomes and Eukaryote Phylogeny
CRC Press 2004; US$ 115.95Organelles, Genomes and Eukaryote Phylogeny covers recent developments in the field of 'deep level' phylogenetic inference of eukaryotes, especially with respect to the origin and evolution of eukaryotic cells and their organelles. more...









