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unlike any other theory in science in the generality of its interest
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excellence of the authors who write about it.
This anthology contains extracts from over |
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60 scientific papers, by authors such as Stephen
Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, Francis |
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Crick and Jacques Monod. It starts with Charles
Darwin, but concentrates on modern |
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research, including genomics - evolution's latest
gusher of scientific insights. The extracts |
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are organized in sections, enabling the reader to
sample a range of views on each topic, |
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such as how new species arise, or the
significance of adaptive design in living things. The |
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been chosen for their readability as well as their scientific
importance, |
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book an enjoyable way to meet some of the greatest minds of our
time, |
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the greatest idea of all time. |
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Contents : |
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Introduction |
| A.
From Darwin to the Modern Synthesis |
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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an unpublished work on species |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, |
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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 |
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evolution |
| 6.
Haldane, J. B. S. (1949) Disease
and evolution |
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| B.
Natural selection and random drift
in populations |
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Section
Introduction |
| 7.
Kettlewell, H. B. D. (1958) A
resume of investigations of the evolution of melanism |
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in the
Lepidoptera |
| 8.
Cook, L. M.; Dennis, R. L. H.; & G.
S. Mani (1999). Melanic morph frequency in |
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the peppered moth
in the Manchester area |
| 9.
Karn, M. N. & Penrose, L. S. (1951)
Birth weight and gestation time in relation to |
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infant survival |
| 10. Ulizzi,
L. & Terrenato, L. (1992) Natural selection associated with
birth weight. VI. |
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Towards the end of the stabilizing component |
| 11. Gibbs,
H. L & 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 |
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| C.
Adaptation |
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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. & Sherman, P. W. (1991). An operational, nonhistorical
definition of |
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adaptation |
| 18. Orr,
H. A. & Coyne, J. The genetics of adaptation: a reassessment |
| 19. Cain,
A. J. (1964). The perfection of animals |
| 20. Gould,
S. J. & Lewontin, R. C. (1979). The spandrels of San Marco and
the |
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Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist
programme |
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| D.
Speciation and biodiversity |
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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 |
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and natural selection |
| 26.
Rice, W. R. & Hostert, E. E.
Laboratory experiments on speciation: what have we |
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learned in 40 years? |
| 27.
Coyne, J. H. & Orr, H. A. (2000).
The evolutionary genetics of speciation |
| 28.
Schluter, D. (2000)
Ecological basis of postmating isolation |
| 29.
Grant, V.
Hybrid speciation |
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| E.
Macroevolution |
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Section Introduction |
| 30.
Erwin, D. H. & 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 |
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| F.
Evolutionary genomics |
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Section
introduction |
| 36.
Ochman, H.; Lawrence, J.
G.; & Groisman, E. A. (2000). Lateral gene transfer |
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and the nature of bacterial innovation |
| 37.
Vision, T. J.; Brown, D.
G.; & Tanksley, S. D. (2000). The origins of genomic |
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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.; & Gaucher, E. A. (2002). |
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Planetary biology - paleontological,
geological, and molecular histories of life |
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| G.
The history of life |
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Section introduction |
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41. Schopf, J. W. (1994).
Disparate rates, differing fates: tempo and mode of |
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evolution changed from the Precambrian to the Phanerozoic |
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42. Cooper, A. & Fortey, R.
(1998). Evolutionary explosions and the phylogenetic
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fuse |
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43. Dilcher, D. (2000).
Major evolutionary trends in the angiosperm fossil record |
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Case studies |
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Section introduction |
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44. Medawar, P. B. (1951)
An unsolved problem in biology |
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45. Crick , F. H. C. (1968).
The origin of the genetic code |
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46. Maynard Smith, J. (1971)
The origin and maintenance of sex |
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47. Janzen, D. H. (1983)
A caricature of seed dispersal by animal guts |
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48. Nilsson, D-E. & Pelger, S.
(1994). A pessimistic estimate of the time required for
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an
eye to evolve |
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49. Sniegowski, P. D.; Gerrish,
P. J.; Johnson, T.. & Shaver, A. (2000). The |
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evolution of mutation rates |
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Human evolution. |
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Section introduction |
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50. Sarich, V. & Wilson, A. C.
(1967) Immunological time scale for hominid evolution |
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51. King, M-C. & Wilson, A. C.
(1975). Evolution at two levels in humans and |
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chimpanzees |
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52. Britton, R. J. (2002).
Divergence between samples of chimpanzee and human |
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DNA
sequences is 5%, counting indels |
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53. Muller, H. J. (1950).
Our load of mutations |
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54. Livingstone. F. B. (1962).
On the non-existence of human races |
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55. Krogman, W. M. (1951).
The scars of human evolution |
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56. Pinker, S. (1994).
The big bang |
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Evolution and human
affairs |
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Section introduction |
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57. Antolin, M. F. & Herbers, J.
M. (2001). Evolution's struggle for existence in |
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America's public schools |
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58. Dobzhansky, T. (1973).
Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of |
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evolution |
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59. Hume, D.
The argument from design |
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60. Monod, J. (1974).
On the molecular theory of evolution |
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61. Huxley, T. H. (1893).
Evolution and ethics |
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62. Palumbi, S. (2001)
Humans as the world's greatest
evolutionary force |
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Biographical notes |
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Select
bibliography |
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Acknowledgements |
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Index |
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